Re: Please comment on IBPP licensing

2006-03-09 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> My humble opinion is that it is almost DFSG-free. The only problem >> section is 3.1 (requires changes to be sent to upstream). >Right, it fails the so-called "desert island test". No part of the DFSG justifies this "test", so it's not enough to make the license non-fre

Re: Please comment on IBPP licensing

2006-03-08 Thread MJ Ray
Damyan Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked for comments on: > * 0. Definitions > > o 0.1. IBPP > 'IBPP' is primarily a set of programming interfaces, > initially written in the C++ language, which makes it easier to develop > any other programming work which need to communic

Re: Please comment on IBPP licensing

2006-03-08 Thread Damyan Ivanov
Francesco Poli wrote: > Apart from clause 3.1 (which must be dropped anyway, if DFSG-freeness is > sought), this license seems to try to grant a set of permissions not too > different from the ones granted by the Expat a.k.a. MIT license > (http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt). > > If I were you

Re: Please comment on IBPP licensing

2006-03-07 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 20:40:16 +0200 Damyan Ivanov wrote: [...] > Either way, I need your comments about DFSG-compatibility of IBPP > license. Note that this license is newly accomodated after leaving MPL > (partly due to me arguing against MPL), so the intent is to make it > free. > > License can

Re: Please comment on IBPP licensing

2006-03-07 Thread Walter Landry
Damyan Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The following license is used for IBPP[1] - a library for working with > Firebird/Interbase database servers. > > This library is included (at source level) in FlameRobin[2] - a > graphical tool for working with Firebird/Interbase which I intent

Re: Please comment on IBPP licensing

2006-03-07 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 08:40:16PM +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > The following license is used for IBPP[1] - a library for working with > Firebird/Interbase database servers. > > This library is included (at source level) in FlameRobin[