Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-29 Thread Bart Martens
Hi Debian-lawyers :-) Concerning [1] packaging Macromedia flash and shockwave for Mozilla... Has anyone of you studied the license at [2]? Does the license allow Macromedia flash and shockwave to be packaged in a Debian package, and included in the non-free section? If not, we could ask Macrome

Re: Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-29 Thread Richard Braakman
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 12:35:47PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: > Has anyone of you studied the license at [2]? > [2] http://www.macromedia.com/support/shockwave/info/licensing/license.html Just did... > Does the license allow Macromedia flash and shockwave to be packaged > in a Debian package, and

Question: WM themes and copyrights

2001-05-29 Thread Ben Burton
Hi. The current issue is packaging window manager themes. What is the legality surrounding a theme that looks similar to another? Can such a theme be placed in main, or even distributed? Further details are in the forward below; any input would be appreciated. Please CC me on replies; I'm n

Re: Question: WM themes and copyrights

2001-05-29 Thread Richard Braakman
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 12:00:46PM -0500, Ben Burton wrote: > Hi. The current issue is packaging window manager themes. What is the > legality surrounding a theme that looks similar to another? Can such a theme > be placed in main, or even distributed? This was a large issue several years ago

Re: Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-29 Thread John Galt
On Tue, 29 May 2001, Bart Martens wrote: >Hi Debian-lawyers :-) > >Concerning [1] packaging Macromedia flash and shockwave for Mozilla... > >Has anyone of you studied the license at [2]? Now I have :) >Does the license allow Macromedia flash and shockwave to be packaged >in a Debian package, and

Re: Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-29 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 05:19:08PM -0600, John Galt wrote: > Actually, the installer would go into contrib, unless you're planning to > use a non-DFSG-free license for the installer itself. The program itself > is DFSG free, it just depends on (gets) a non-free program. > > >If not, we could ask

Re: Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-29 Thread John Galt
On Tue, 29 May 2001, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: >On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 05:19:08PM -0600, John Galt wrote: >> Actually, the installer would go into contrib, unless you're planning to >> use a non-DFSG-free license for the installer itself. The program itself >> is DFSG free, it just depends on (gets

Re: Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-29 Thread idalton
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 08:52:30PM -0600, John Galt wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2001, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > >On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 05:19:08PM -0600, John Galt wrote: > >> Actually, the installer would go into contrib, unless you're planning to > >> use a non-DFSG-free license for the installer