Hi!
I've found a program that I would like to package for Debian, but the
license to it was too restrictive. Now the author has changed the
license, to one derived from the Artistic license, but I would like to
check here whether it is free enough, since I'm a bit concerned about
point 6 of the li
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 07:18:14AM -0600, Sam TH wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 02:03:26PM +0100, Martin Waitz wrote:
> >
> > OMS and all librarys are licensed under the GPL.
> > For software dvd playback, it needs libcss, which can't be included legally,
> > but oms itself doesn't depend on lib
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 02:55:40PM +0100, Martin Waitz wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 07:18:14AM -0600, Sam TH wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 02:03:26PM +0100, Martin Waitz wrote:
> > >
> > > OMS and all librarys are licensed under the GPL.
> > > For software dvd playback, it needs libcss, w
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 02:55:40PM +0100, Martin Waitz wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 07:18:14AM -0600, Sam TH wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 02:03:26PM +0100, Martin Waitz wrote:
> > >
> > > OMS and all librarys are licensed under the GPL.
> > > For software dvd playback, it needs libcss, w
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 07:38:33AM +0100, peter karlsson wrote:
> 5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this
> Package. You may NOT charge any fee for support of this Package.
> You may NOT charge a fee for this Package itself. However, you may
> distribute this Packag
Scripsit Andreas Schuldei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I consider packaging ecos. Please look at the license here:
> http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/license-overview.html
> I think it qualifies as free. But there is some fishy thing that
> changes made to the system must be announced.
It says:
| Any Mo
> Background:
> libcss itself is distributed under the gpl, but is considered illegal
> by the DVD-CCA (dvd copy control association) and
> MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America).
Oh, better avoid it than. The MPAA and DVD-CCA are the people who make
descisions
about what is legal and w
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 10:07:47AM -0500, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 02:55:40PM +0100, Martin Waitz wrote:
> > > > OMS and all librarys are licensed under the GPL.
> > > > For software dvd playback, it needs libcss, which can't be included
> > > > legally,
>
> This is an unj
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 02:55:40PM +0100, Martin Waitz wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 07:18:14AM -0600, Sam TH wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 02:03:26PM +0100, Martin Waitz wrote:
> > > >
> > > > OMS and all librarys are licensed under the GP
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 07:42:59PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
> In this case the clause also discriminates against anyone who can
> afford giving his neighbour a floppy disk with modified sources
> but cannot afford using whatever "accepted Electronic Distribution
> Mechanism" the language mean
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 01:22:58PM -0700, John Galt wrote:
> >
> > By the SDNY's injunction being as broad as it is, I would submit that
> > libcss is under injunction. You know the text of the injunction,
> > Brian--I've seen your comments on it on t
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 01:22:58PM -0700, John Galt wrote:
>
> By the SDNY's injunction being as broad as it is, I would submit that
> libcss is under injunction. You know the text of the injunction,
> Brian--I've seen your comments on it on the harvard list. In fact,
> you could read that the i
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 03:52:49PM -0700, John Galt wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 01:22:58PM -0700, John Galt wrote:
> > >
> > > By the SDNY's injunction being as broad as it is, I would submit that
> > > libcss is under injunction. You know th
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 01:22:58PM -0700, John Galt wrote:
> Brian--I've seen your comments on it on the harvard list. In fact,
> you could read that the injunction applies to every warm body on Earth and
> every program that looks like it could possibly transfer a bit off a
> DVD. The MPAA picke
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 06:36:14PM -0500, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> > At this point, there's a value judgement to be done: does the
> > potential harm outweigh the potential benefits.
>
> Yes. Debian should stay well away from the slippery slope of
> prohibiting things because someone _might_ sue. E
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Bart Schuller wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 01:22:58PM -0700, John Galt wrote:
> > Brian--I've seen your comments on it on the harvard list. In fact,
> > you could read that the injunction applies to every warm body on Earth and
> > every program that looks like it could po
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> Injunctions don't apply to non-parties. If you weren't a party in Universal
> v. Corley, the injunction doesn't apply to you. You'd certainly know if you
> were a party, since you would have had to hire a lawyer, deal with all sorts
> of volumous pape
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 06:49:28PM -0700, John Galt wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
>
>
> > Injunctions don't apply to non-parties. If you weren't a party in Universal
> > v. Corley, the injunction doesn't apply to you. You'd certainly know if you
> > were a party, since you
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