Re: Question about a "custom" license from dictconfig

2014-08-27 Thread Riley Baird
>> Also, how does not allowing the usage of a name in advertising make it >> non-DFSG free? > > Discrimination against named persons fails DFSG 5 for sure, doesn't it? > > It might also fail 1 or 3 because it seems like the reverse of licences > that REQUIRE authors to disclose their names, which

Re: Question about a "custom" license from dictconfig

2014-08-27 Thread MJ Ray
Riley Baird wrote: > My intuition would tell me that other people named Vinay Sajip would not > be able to use their name in advertising or publicity pertaining to the > software. However, this same logic would also apply to everything > written under 3-clause BSD, the only difference being that th

Re: Question about a "custom" license from dictconfig

2014-08-26 Thread Dariusz Dwornikowski
> non-advertisement clauses are very frequent and I have not seen that they > cause a problem. Also, the license in question is already present in a > large number of files in Debian. > > http://codesearch.debian.net/search?prev=&q=the+name+of+Vinay+Sajip > Just a side effect, I noticed tha

Re: Question about a "custom" license from dictconfig

2014-08-26 Thread Riley Baird
>> The only thing I'm not sure about is whether it's OK for other people >> also called "Vinay Sajip" to release changes under their own name. >> Anyone know? If not, then it fails DFSG. Here is the problematic text: the name of Vinay Sajip not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to d

Re: Question about a "custom" license from dictconfig

2014-08-26 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 03:44:02PM +0100, MJ Ray a écrit : > Dariusz Dwornikowski wrote: > > I encountered this license while packaging (as in this file [1]). My > > questions is, what type of license is it, and is it DFSG compatible ? > > > > Please CC me, I am not on the list. > > > > [1] > >

Re: Question about a "custom" license from dictconfig

2014-08-26 Thread Jonathan Paugh
On 08/26/2014 10:03 AM, Dariusz Dwornikowski wrote: > On 26.08.14 15:44:44, MJ Ray wrote: >> Dariusz Dwornikowski wrote: >>> I encountered this license while packaging (as in this file [1]). My >>> questions is, what type of license is it, and is it DFSG compatible ? >>> >>> Please CC me, I am not

Re: Question about a "custom" license from dictconfig

2014-08-26 Thread Dariusz Dwornikowski
On 26.08.14 15:44:44, MJ Ray wrote: > Dariusz Dwornikowski wrote: > > I encountered this license while packaging (as in this file [1]). My > > questions is, what type of license is it, and is it DFSG compatible ? > > > > Please CC me, I am not on the list. > > > > [1] > > https://bitbucket.org/

Re: Question about a "custom" license from dictconfig

2014-08-26 Thread MJ Ray
Dariusz Dwornikowski wrote: > I encountered this license while packaging (as in this file [1]). My > questions is, what type of license is it, and is it DFSG compatible ? > > Please CC me, I am not on the list. > > [1] > https://bitbucket.org/vinay.sajip/dictconfig/raw/53b3c32dea4694cd3fb2f14b3

Question about a "custom" license from dictconfig

2014-08-26 Thread Dariusz Dwornikowski
Hi, I encountered this license while packaging (as in this file [1]). My questions is, what type of license is it, and is it DFSG compatible ? Please CC me, I am not on the list. [1] https://bitbucket.org/vinay.sajip/dictconfig/raw/53b3c32dea4694cd3fb2f14b3159d66d3da10bc0/src/dictconfig.py --