Re: Microcode license [#3]

2001-06-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 05:02:30PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > Contrib is an official part of Debian, Only in the same sense that non-free is (ie, it's not part of the Debian Distribution, but it's still distributed by the Debian project). See item 1 of the social contract ``..., but we will nev

Re: Microcode license [#3]

2001-06-02 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 05:02:30PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > > Contrib is an official part of Debian, On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 04:33:32PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Only in the same sense that non-free is (ie, it's not part of the Debian > Distribution, but it's still distributed by the Debia

Toba license: free/GPL compatible?

2001-06-02 Thread Fred Gray
Dear debian-legal eagles, Can I ask for your opinion on the following license, used for the Toba Java-to-C translator? When read in plain English, it is certainly DFSG-free and GPL-compatible. However, is the language sufficiently clear on the issue of distributing modified copies, or is there

Re: Toba license: free/GPL compatible?

2001-06-02 Thread Sam TH
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 11:50:29AM -0500, Fred Gray wrote: > Dear debian-legal eagles, > > Can I ask for your opinion on the following license, used for the Toba > Java-to-C translator? When read in plain English, it is certainly DFSG-free > and GPL-compatible. However, is the language sufficie

Re: Toba license: free/GPL compatible?

2001-06-02 Thread Fred Gray
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 12:24:46PM -0500, Sam TH wrote: > > This certainly looks both DFSG-free and GPL-compatible. The use of > the word 'and' rather than 'or' seems to take care of the Pine problem > Quoting from the Pine FAQ (http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/legal.html#10.2): In parti

Re: Toba license: free/GPL compatible?

2001-06-02 Thread Sam TH
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 12:34:02PM -0500, Fred Gray wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 12:24:46PM -0500, Sam TH wrote: > > > > This certainly looks both DFSG-free and GPL-compatible. The use of > > the word 'and' rather than 'or' seems to take care of the Pine problem > > > > Quoting from the P

Re: libfpx licensing

2001-06-02 Thread Filip Van Raemdonck
Hi, On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 04:16:06PM -0600, Walter Landry wrote: > > I am working on a package for libfpx - the FlashPIX toolkit. I'm not sure > > about the license of the library though. > > Is it DFSG free? GPL code which states "May be linked with libfpx" is OK I suppose? I will probably wri

Re: libfpx licensing

2001-06-02 Thread Walter Landry
> On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 04:16:06PM -0600, Walter Landry wrote: > > > I am working on a package for libfpx - the FlashPIX toolkit. I'm not sure > > > about the license of the library though. > > > Is it DFSG free? > > GPL code which states "May be linked with libfpx" is OK I suppose? I will > pro