Re: The debate on Invariant sections (long)

2003-06-03 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 16:37, Barak Pearlmutter wrote: > Sure, and it's also perfectly plausible that RMS is a secret employee > of Microsoft and Chinese double agent plotting the use of free > software to assassinate the Dalai Lama. But this is debian-legal not > debian-wacko-conspiracy-theory.

Re: Open Software License

2003-06-03 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 16:16, Joey Hess wrote: > c) to distribute copies of the Original Work and Derivative Works > to the public, with the proviso that copies of Original Work or > Derivative Works that You distribute shall be licensed under the > Open Software License; ... > 3) Grant of

Re: The debate on Invariant sections (long)

2003-06-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 02:37:52PM -0600, Barak Pearlmutter wrote: > > > My understanding is that the FSF requires copyright assignments in > > > order to give themselves the ability to most effectively defend the > > > community against poachers and legal attacks. > > > > It seems perfectly plaus

Re: GPL exception ???

2003-06-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 01:57:08PM -0700, Mark Rafn wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Branden Robinson wrote: > > I hope the copyright holder realizes that this restriction is > > unenforceable under copyright law if the source code and documentation > > are rewritten such that they are no longer deriva

Re: Open Software License

2003-06-03 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry said on Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 07:46:52PM -0700,: >I presume this document has been discussed elsewhere, has Mr. Rosen spoken on >these matters? From what I have seen of him on the Net, he seems willing to >discuss such matters. I subscribe to the license-discuss list; but do

Re: Open Software License

2003-06-03 Thread Mark Rafn
> Sean 'Shaleh' Perry said on Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 07:46:52PM -0700,: > >I presume this document has been discussed elsewhere, has Mr. Rosen > >spoken on these matters? From what I have seen of him on the Net, he > >seems willing to discuss such matters. On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: >

Re: Bug #189164: libdbd-mysql-perl uses GPL lib, may be used by GPL-incompatible apps

2003-06-03 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 12:20:39PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > >It is not "mere aggregation", for the same reason that a bug in a > >library that makes it unusable by applications is a grave, not a > >critical, bug: one piece of software is not "unrelated" to another if

Re: Open Software License

2003-06-03 Thread Walter Landry
Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 16:16, Joey Hess wrote: > > 10) Jurisdiction, Venue and Governing Law. You agree that any lawsuit > > arising under or relating to this License shall be maintained in the > > courts of the jurisdiction wherein the Licensor reside