Re: Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-30 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
> I don't think there's currently anything in non-free that can't be > *distributed* freely. If there is, I hope the person who put it there > has read the license carefully and understood all the ramifications. > > Steve > > -- > Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (Please do not CC me on ma

Re: Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-30 Thread Steve Greenland
On 29-May-01, 21:02 (CDT), Jimmy Kaplowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First let me mention that I am not a lawyer. That said, I don't see why DFSG > #8 should affect programs in non-free. I am not taking a position on the > main topic of this thread, but why would any rules of the DFSG apply to

Re: Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-29 Thread idalton
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 08:52:30PM -0600, John Galt wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2001, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > >On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 05:19:08PM -0600, John Galt wrote: > >> Actually, the installer would go into contrib, unless you're planning to > >> use a non-DFSG-free license for the installer

Re: Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-29 Thread John Galt
On Tue, 29 May 2001, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: >On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 05:19:08PM -0600, John Galt wrote: >> Actually, the installer would go into contrib, unless you're planning to >> use a non-DFSG-free license for the installer itself. The program itself >> is DFSG free, it just depends on (gets

Re: Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-29 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 05:19:08PM -0600, John Galt wrote: > Actually, the installer would go into contrib, unless you're planning to > use a non-DFSG-free license for the installer itself. The program itself > is DFSG free, it just depends on (gets) a non-free program. > > >If not, we could ask

Re: Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-29 Thread John Galt
On Tue, 29 May 2001, Bart Martens wrote: >Hi Debian-lawyers :-) > >Concerning [1] packaging Macromedia flash and shockwave for Mozilla... > >Has anyone of you studied the license at [2]? Now I have :) >Does the license allow Macromedia flash and shockwave to be packaged >in a Debian package, and

Re: Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-29 Thread Richard Braakman
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 12:35:47PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: > Has anyone of you studied the license at [2]? > [2] http://www.macromedia.com/support/shockwave/info/licensing/license.html Just did... > Does the license allow Macromedia flash and shockwave to be packaged > in a Debian package, and