Re: GFDL Freeness and Cover Texts

2003-05-04 Thread Nick Phillips
On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 10:37:54PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > One possible response is that the GFDL does not allow these texts to > be modified while the BSD advertizing clause does. If someone has too > long of a credit, I can shorten that credit and still follow the BSD > license provided I i

Re: GFDL Freeness and Cover Texts

2003-05-04 Thread Michael D. Crawford
Nick Phillips sed: I wouldn't object to a clause which demanded "fair credit", but I would object to a clause which demanded that that credit take a particular form. Well I can agree to be flexible. Can you suggest either another license, or another way to apply the GFDL so that I can achieve

Re: GFDL Freeness and Cover Texts

2003-05-04 Thread Richard Braakman
On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 12:20:04AM -0400, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > I don't have any invariant sections in any of them, but each of them > specifies a brief back cover text: > > "This contains material from the Linux Quality Database at > http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk";. > > Is that a probl

PHP-Nuke License Conclusion?

2003-05-04 Thread Ron
Hello, I found the thread at http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200302/msg00164.html regarding the licensing information on PHP-Nuke. Unfortunately, I was unable to find a conclusion/consensus on the issue. As an end user of this program, can anyone tell me if this program qua

Re: GFDL Freeness and Cover Texts

2003-05-04 Thread Walter Landry
Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 12:20:04AM -0400, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > > I don't have any invariant sections in any of them, but each of them > > specifies a brief back cover text: > > > > "This contains material from the Linux Quality Database at >

Re: GFDL Freeness and Cover Texts

2003-05-04 Thread MJ Ray
Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mention you in advertizing material for my software is strictly worse > than requiring mention in a cover text. ANd yet we consider the > advertizing clause free. Does the advertising clause restrict your ability to modify the original work more than copyr

Re: PHP-Nuke License Conclusion?

2003-05-04 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Ron, On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 12:26:34PM -0400, Ron wrote: > I found the thread at > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200302/msg00164.html > regarding the licensing information on PHP-Nuke. Unfortunately, I was > unable to find a conclusion/consensus on the issue. As an

Re: PHP-Nuke License Conclusion?

2003-05-04 Thread Ron
Thank you Steve. That helps greatly. I don't believe he is the sole copyright holder, but I can not state that with 100% certainty. I will look into using a different system. Best regards, Ron