Re: Does this conform to DFSG?

2001-04-11 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 07:10:40PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > There are two advertising related clauses in the traditional BSD license. > One says "you can't use the author's names to hock your derived wares", I think you mean "hawk": From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web191

OT (Re: Does this conform to DFSG?)

2001-04-11 Thread Joey Hess
Branden Robinson wrote: > "Hock" would appear to be a slang word of more recent origin that most > public-domain dictionaries, sadly. If I hock my guitar, it means I go to > the pawnbroker's and use it as collateral for a short-term loan. Well, it's in wordnet: v : give as a guarantee [syn: {pa

No license

2001-04-11 Thread dnserror
Where would a package with no license at all fit in in the distro? it is given with source, but no copyrights, or license, when I asked the author if it was licensed he said this: "There's indeed no copyright or license on it, so you are free to use it." should that be an assumed public domain?

Re: No license

2001-04-11 Thread Richard Braakman
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 12:43:45PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where would a package with no license at all fit in in the distro? > it is given with source, but no copyrights, or license, when I asked the > author if it was licensed he said this: > > "There's indeed no copyright or license

Re: Is this patch OK for main?

2001-04-11 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > [I'm probably repeating myself, but this is for the benefit of debian-legal > readers and may help to shorten discussion] > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 16:10:39 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > could someone please tell me if this patch: > > - contains

Re: OT (Re: Does this conform to DFSG?)

2001-04-11 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 12:26:25AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Branden Robinson wrote: > > "Hock" would appear to be a slang word of more recent origin that most > > public-domain dictionaries, sadly. If I hock my guitar, it means I go to > > the pawnbroker's and use it as collateral for a short-ter