Re: ITP: xslideshow

1999-06-02 Thread Kenshi Muto
Mon, 31 May 1999 23:47:43 -0700, David Starner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: ITP: xslideshow (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): dstarner98> At 03:39 PM 6/1/99 +0900, Kenshi Muto wrote: dstarner98> >License: dstarner98> > dstarner98> >

Re: ITP: xengine

1999-06-02 Thread John Hasler
Atsuhito Kohda writes: > - And we have the permission of the author. > Is it not enough for Debian ? If it is in writing. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you

Re: ITP: xengine

1999-06-02 Thread Oliver Elphick
Atsuhito Kohda wrote: >- There are some ambiguities in the copyright, I agree. But it > is the author who can determine whether it is allowed or not > to sell the software. > >- And we have the permission of the author. > >Is it not enough for Debian ? If you have an email from the

Re: LPPL again

1999-06-02 Thread Denis Barbier
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > On Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 01:50:44PM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: > > I understand ; afaik there is no tetex-src package. > > You _could_ check it yourself: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:09:26]:~/cvs/webwml/english/Bugs$ grep-available -PX > tetex-src >

bzflag license

1999-06-02 Thread Sven LUTHER
Hello, ... I am thinking about packaging bzflags (http://groundhog.pair.com/bzflag), and would want ot know what you think about the license (http://groundhog.pair.com/bzflag/license.html), it is claimed to be opensource (as per www.opensource.org) but the following clause seems suspect to me : 3

Re: bzflag license

1999-06-02 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 11:37:04 +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > 3. Redistribution and use of modified source and binary forms are >permitted provided that at least one of the following conditions are met: > > A. Modifications are placed in the public domain or are > made available un

Re: bzflag license

1999-06-02 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 11:49:33 +0200, J.H.M. Dassen wrote: > > B. Use of the modified version is restricted to within > > the corporation or organization that made the modifications. > > This violates DFSG #1/#3: the modified version cannot be redistributed > freely. Or if you will #5: it

Re: bzflag license

1999-06-02 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 11:49:33AM +0200, J.H.M. Dassen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 11:37:04 +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > 3. Redistribution and use of modified source and binary forms are > >permitted provided that at least one of the following conditions are met: > > > > A. Modifi

Re: ITP: xengine

1999-06-02 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 08:15:47AM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: > I can understand what you say. > > - But as you can see, the copyright only shows the fundamental and > rough intention of the author. It does not show strict conditions > on every situations like GPL. The programmer is not l

Re: ITP: xengine

1999-06-02 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: > I can understand what you say. > > - But as you can see, the copyright only shows the fundamental and > rough intention of the author. It does not show strict conditions > on every situations like GPL. The programmer is not lawyer in general. It d