Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-15 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 09:32:07AM +1100, Craig Small wrote: > Darren O. Benham said: > > > Draft v1.0 or later (the latest version is presently available at > > > http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/). > > > > Speaking as both a member of the webmaster team AND a member of the SPI > > board (but

Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-15 Thread Craig Small
Darren O. Benham said: > > Draft v1.0 or later (the latest version is presently available at > > http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/). > > Speaking as both a member of the webmaster team AND a member of the SPI > board (but to say I am speaking FOR either entity)... > > I don't like the "or lat

Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-15 Thread peter karlsson
Darren O. Benham: > I don't like the "or later" clause... I don't like it with the GPL, either. > It gives away too much control incase someone get's a wild bug and decides > the OPL (or GPL) should prohibit armenians (as an example) from distributing > the software... Can you even license someth

Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-15 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 04:20:30PM -0800, Darren O. Benham wrote: > > I don't like the "or later" clause... I don't like it with the GPL, either. > It gives away too much control incase someone get's a wild bug and decides > the OPL (or GPL) should prohibit armenians (as an example) from distribut

Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-15 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 08:54:30AM +1100, Craig Small wrote: > Brian Ristuccia said: > > I think it was intended for this clause to be nonbinding "requested and > > strongly recommended" - but not required. I think it's a good > > recommendation. But you're right - it's not always possible to meet

Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-14 Thread Craig Small
Brian Ristuccia said: > I think it was intended for this clause to be nonbinding "requested and > strongly recommended" - but not required. I think it's a good > recommendation. But you're right - it's not always possible to meet this > term with ease (or at all) and that's why it's best left as a

Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-14 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 12:12:03PM +0100, Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona wrote: > > I find the following clause troublesome (section v): > > "1.If you are distributing Open Publication works on hardcopy or > CD-ROM, you provide email notification to > the authors of your intent to redistribute

Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-14 Thread Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona
I find the following clause troublesome (section v): "1.If you are distributing Open Publication works on hardcopy or CD-ROM, you provide email notification to the authors of your intent to redistribute at least thirty days before your manuscript or media freeze, to give the authors time

Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-14 Thread Nils Lohner
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Craig Small write s: >G'day, >Darren has suggested that I pass this onto the SPI board for pondering. > >There have been attempts before to change the Debian webpages license to >something that is DFSG-free. I (as one of the sites webmasters) have >taken on the jo

Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-14 Thread Craig Small
G'day, Darren has suggested that I pass this onto the SPI board for pondering. There have been attempts before to change the Debian webpages license to something that is DFSG-free. I (as one of the sites webmasters) have taken on the job to get it DFSG-free. It was suggested that the Open Publi

Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-14 Thread Darren O. Benham
I would recommend that you go to spi and make sure nobody there minds... In honesty, I don't think anyone on the web team ever really considered the license.. they just keep doing the work... On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 11:07:28AM +1100, Craig Small wrote: > G'day, > I emailled last week about the

New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-14 Thread Craig Small
G'day, I emailled last week about the website license and how I have suggested that we go with Open Publication License at http://opencontent.org/openpub/ Well... I got a stunning 0 replies. I guess that means everyone doesn't have a problem with it! I'll wait a day or so and then schedule a ti