Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-22 Thread Henning Makholm
Tom Lear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Got it. How about "You still need a separate licence to do so from the > owner(s) of the copyright for XForms, see the XForms copyright."? I see no problem with that. -- Henning Makholm

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-21 Thread Tom Lear
On 21 Jun 1999, Henning Makholm wrote: > But your proposed rephasing seems less than ideal - it sounds as if > you are giving a guarantee that the XForms people will never change > their minds about future libraries they choose to call XForms (and, > for that matter, that the license file you've l

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-21 Thread Henning Makholm
Tom Lear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > + not, as a whole, covered by the GPL. (You still need a separate license > > > + to do so from the owner(s) of the copyright for XForms, however). If a > > I interpret that sentence as clarifying the point that the binary > > is linked to a library, an

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-19 Thread Tom Lear
On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 01:35:29PM -0700, Tom Lear wrote: > > > Also I think it would be a good thing (even if not strictly > > > required by law) to spell out explicitly that you are not > > > purporting to relicense XForms itself. > > > > Okay, I get

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-18 Thread Joseph Carter
On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 01:35:29PM -0700, Tom Lear wrote: > > Also I think it would be a good thing (even if not strictly > > required by law) to spell out explicitly that you are not > > purporting to relicense XForms itself. > > Okay, I get it now. I'd suggest something like "(the XForms licenc

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-18 Thread Tom Lear
On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > Off the debian-legal list now... > > Tom Lear wrote: > > > Well I think that sentence confuses things, specifically the word > > "separate" which to me implies separate from the licence that xforms is > > distributed under. Maybe somthing like

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-18 Thread Tom Lear
On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > Tom Lear wrote: > > > I'm writing the author of xfmix to request an exception for xforms, but > > I'm not clear on a point of our suggested exception. > > > > + You may link this software with XForms (Copyright (C) by T.C. Zhao and > > + Mark O

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-18 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Tom Lear wrote: > I'm writing the author of xfmix to request an exception for xforms, but > I'm not clear on a point of our suggested exception. > > + You may link this software with XForms (Copyright (C) by T.C. Zhao and > + Mark Overmars) and distribute the resulting binary, under the > + res

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-18 Thread Tom Lear
Oops, forgot to say to CC me on replies... I'm not subscribed. - Tom

XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-18 Thread Tom Lear
I'm writing the author of xfmix to request an exception for xforms, but I'm not clear on a point of our suggested exception. + You may link this software with XForms (Copyright (C) by T.C. Zhao and + Mark Overmars) and distribute the resulting binary, under the + restrictions in clause 3 of the G