Re: The GPL license document "COPYING" is not DFSG-free

2004-03-27 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 12:30:58PM -0800, Number Six wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 09:47:45AM -0500, Adam Kessel wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 05:58:31AM -0800, Number Six wrote: > > > Searching google for "MR Ray" and "DFSG" only turns up hits for GDFL. > > > I'm sure there has been a deba

Re: The GPL license document "COPYING" is not DFSG-free

2004-03-26 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Number Six wrote: > What's the dispensation on this: > > Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies > of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. >^^^ > > I thought the whole hoopla over GFDL was invariant

Re: The GPL license document "COPYING" is not DFSG-free

2004-03-25 Thread Number Six
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 09:47:45AM -0500, Adam Kessel wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 05:58:31AM -0800, Number Six wrote: > > Searching google for "MR Ray" and "DFSG" only turns up hits for GDFL. > > I'm sure there has been a debate on the GPL itself, but I can't find it. > > Can you provide me mo

Re: The GPL license document "COPYING" is not DFSG-free

2004-03-25 Thread Adam Kessel
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 05:58:31AM -0800, Number Six wrote: > Searching google for "MR Ray" and "DFSG" only turns up hits for GDFL. > I'm sure there has been a debate on the GPL itself, but I can't find it. > Can you provide me more useful keywords than "GPL", "COPYING", "DFSG"? > Those aren't cu

Re: The GPL license document "COPYING" is not DFSG-free

2004-03-25 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-25 13:58:31 + Number Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Searching google for "MR Ray" and "DFSG" only turns up hits for GDFL. That is trivially untrue (X-Oz is actually top match here). Google is not the list archive. Look at the List-Archive header.

Re: The GPL license document "COPYING" is not DFSG-free

2004-03-25 Thread Number Six
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 05:52:18AM -0800, Number Six wrote: > MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Please read the archive. You are making a mistake that I once made, if it > > helps you > > to find the answer, Mr I'm-too-important-to-use-a-real-email-address. Searching google for "MR Ray" and "

Re: The GPL license document "COPYING" is not DFSG-free

2004-03-25 Thread Number Six
MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Please read the archive. You are making a mistake that I once made, if it > helps you > to find the answer, Mr I'm-too-important-to-use-a-real-email-address. I despaired searching for it because the phrases "GPL" and "COPYING" are far too generic. I'll keep

Re: The GPL license document "COPYING" is not DFSG-free

2004-03-25 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-25 11:33:35 + Number Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What's the dispensation on this: Please read the archive. You are making a mistake that I once made, if it helps you to find the answer, Mr I'm-too-important-to-use-a-real-email-address.

Re: The GPL license document "COPYING" is not DFSG-free

2004-03-25 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeu 25/03/2004 à 12:33, Number Six a écrit : > I thought the whole hoopla over GFDL was invariant sections. > The entire GPL license is non-modifiable. Poor, poor horses. You'd thought everyone has forgotten them when they're six feet under, but their suffering won't stop. -- .''`.

The GPL license document "COPYING" is not DFSG-free

2004-03-25 Thread Number Six
What's the dispensation on this: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. ^^^ I thought the whole hoopla over GFDL was invariant sections. The entire GPL license