Re: Postilion Copyright Troubles

1999-02-09 Thread Richard Stallman
There would appear to be a contradiction between section 2.0, and the above COPYRIGHT.images statement, although I am not sure. I have never really understood just how graphics files, which are free standing components, are covered by the GPL. By "free-standing", do you mean that

Re: Postilion Copyright Troubles

1999-02-09 Thread Nic Bernstein
On 8 Feb, Marco van Hylckama Vlieg wrote: > This license seems like an ok way to go. We could also add some sort of > moral message to the notice, stating that it's allowed to use the graphics in > other software but that it's considered somewhat lame to steal the look > from an existing program.

Re: Postilion Copyright Troubles

1999-02-06 Thread Nic Bernstein
On 6 Feb, Dale James Thompson wrote: > A problem exists with me making a debian package for postilion. The new > copyright for the graphics files is not compatible with the Debian Free > Software Guidelines. This means that the postilion package will need to be > taken out of the Main Debian Di

Postilion Copyright Troubles

1999-02-06 Thread Dale James Thompson
Nic, A problem exists with me making a debian package for postilion. The new copyright for the graphics files is not compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. This means that the postilion package will need to be taken out of the Main Debian Distribution and placed in a non-free dis