Re: portaudio license

2004-11-15 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (I'm assuming the actual wording of the request is fine, since nobody > has objected to it.) I think it is OK, but if we are picking nits, I think it would be more clearly a non-binding request if it was rephrased in the second person and became I

Re: portaudio license

2004-11-14 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 07:47:51PM +, Dave Cunningham wrote: > PortAudio Portable Real-Time Audio Library > Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Ross Bencina and Phil Burk > > Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person > obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation > file

Re: portaudio license

2004-11-14 Thread Dave Cunningham
>The main problem seems to be that while the sentence itself says "request", >it's under a non-request "conditions" heading. Moving the request away >from that--preferably out of the license entirely--should be enough. Ok so this compromise should be ok: PortAudio Portable Real-Time Audio Libr

Re: portaudio license

2004-11-13 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 11:17:08PM +, Dave Cunningham wrote: > >From my limited correspondance, and from the fact that their > license is apparently flawed, I personally believe they are not > experienced with licenses and legal issues, so it would probably > be a good idea to explain very clea

Re: portaudio license

2004-11-13 Thread Dave Cunningham
On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 03:12:12PM -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote: >On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 06:19:50PM +, Henning Makholm wrote: >> Since both of the words "request" and "condition" appear to apply to >> the clause, it is ambigously phrase and Debian would take the >> conservative position that the

Re: portaudio license

2004-11-13 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 06:19:50PM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > Since both of the words "request" and "condition" appear to apply to > the clause, it is ambigously phrase and Debian would take the > conservative position that the license is not free. > > The situation changes if you can get the

Re: portaudio license

2004-11-13 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Dave Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is this software's license compatible with debian policy? Please quote licences in full when sending them to Debian-legal. This one is not long: | License | PortAudio Portable Real-Time Audio Library | Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Ross Bencina and Phil B