Re: the Free Art License and the DFSG

2002-12-14 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:29:49AM -0500, David B Harris wrote: > However, Part 2.1 is a serious concern. "You have the right to copy this > work of art of your personal use, for your friends or any other person, > by employing whatever technique you choose." Reading the original > French, this is

Re: the Free Art License and the DFSG

2002-12-14 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 01:51:59AM -0500, Steven Barker wrote: > I'm participating in a project that is opening the source of a classic > game (Star Control 2) and porting it to modern operating systems. The > code for the game has already been relicensed under the GPL, but the > game's original

Re: the Free Art License and the DFSG

2002-12-14 Thread Richard Braakman
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 03:08:03AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > Part of 2.2: > - specify to the recipient where he will be able to access > the originals (initial and subsequent). The author of the > original may, if he wishes, give you the right to broadcast / > distribute the

Re: the Free Art License and the DFSG

2002-12-14 Thread David B Harris
On 14 Dec 2002 03:08:03 -0500 Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Part 8, I'm sure, will cause problems - it has in the past, but I > > can't remember in what context; it may just be that some zealots > > made some hubub a while back that. I don't really recall. > > I can't manage to

Re: the Free Art License and the DFSG

2002-12-14 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 02:29, David B Harris wrote: > I don't believe part 7 is saying anything additional to what copyright > law already says; the original author still holds the copyright, even if > you got the data from friend who got the data from a sister who got the > data from an aunt who g

Re: the Free Art License and the DFSG

2002-12-14 Thread David B Harris
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 01:51:59 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven Barker) wrote: > I'd like the advice of this list as to whether data under that license > would be DFSG free. I think the license is a pretty straightforward > copyleft, though at least the translated version has some unclear > language.

the Free Art License and the DFSG

2002-12-14 Thread Steven Barker
Hi debian-legal, I'm participating in a project that is opening the source of a classic game (Star Control 2) and porting it to modern operating systems. The code for the game has already been relicensed under the GPL, but the game's original authors (who hold copyright) have not yet picked a lic