(this kind stuff can go to just debian-legal)
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 12:45:49PM +0530, Viral wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could someone tell me if there are any licensing problems with opendivx ?
> Would it be similar to debian not being able to package lame even though
> the code is now 100% free of any fr
> I think Debian (and OSI) needs to decide whether or not this is a
> philosophy they reject, and thus patch the hole in the DFSG/OSD. Or,
> ignore it until it becomes an actual issue. It was this kind of
> ambiguity, as well as a lack of general public interest in seeing problems
> in the OSD/DF
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Sam TH wrote:
> Debian-legal has repeatedly held that requiring or prohibiting
> particular behavior as a condition of distributiing modified versions
> is in violation of the Fields of Endeavor clause of the DFSG.
But, that's not what the issue here is. The issue is not on
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 03:40:39PM -0600, Sam TH wrote:
>
> References:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal-0012/msg00109.html
>
> Among others. (for some reason the search engine for -legal isn't
> working so well).
Another reference:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal-0006/msg00041.htm
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 03:40:39PM -0600, Sam TH wrote:
> I think we should introduce the concept of precedent into our
> deliberations here on debian-legal. That is, when a clause of the
> DFSG has been consistenly interpreted to mean that some aspect of a
> license is or is not free, then that s
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 11:20:15AM -0800, Brian Behlendorf wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Joseph Carter wrote:
> > 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
> >
> > The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program
> > in a specific field of endeavor. For example
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Joseph Carter wrote:
> 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
>
> The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program
> in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the
> program from being used in a business, or f
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 06:39:42AM -0800, Brian Behlendorf wrote:
> > Not only does term #6 prohibit me from distributing copies modified in this
> > way, it actually goes as far as trying to prevent me from making such
> > changes in the first place.
>
> Look, I didn't say it was a good thing.
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 01:31:12PM -0800, Brian Behlendorf wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> > > It's not an open source license. Term #6 places limitations on
> > > distributing
> > > modified copies.
> >
> > la CSS, then it w
On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 08:01:27PM +0100, Davide Puricelli wrote:
> 1. You may use the Codec (and any Larger Work created by you) to
> create Encoded Content, and may use, copy, distribute, display and
> transmit that Encoded Content, provided that Encoded Content may not
> be used for direct comme
On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 01:31:12PM -0800, Brian Behlendorf wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> > It's not an open source license. Term #6 places limitations on distributing
> > modified copies.
>
> la CSS, then it would not be OSD-conformant. But if, reductio ad
> absurdum, th
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> It's not an open source license. Term #6 places limitations on distributing
> modified copies.
Erm, so does every copyright license. To be specific, it sounds like
your concern is over adherence to a standard being one of the conditions
for redistrib
I contacted the Project Mayo guys a few weeks ago about this, telling
them that I was worried about this license which they claim (and
probably want) to be OpenSource, and which obviously isn't. They don't
seem to see the issues as real problems. A few other people are trying
to convince them as
On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 08:01:27PM +0100, Davide Puricelli wrote:
> Hi, I'd like to hear some comments about OpenDivX license that it's attached
> below:
>
> DivX Open License
> =
> Version 1.0
>
> Copyright (C) 2001 Project Mayo. Everyone is permitted to copy and
> distribute
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