SRFI copyright license

2003-12-24 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
Hi, (This is the next episode of the "let's free scsh" saga.) I wish to get your opinions on the case of the reference implementations in the SRFI's. An SRFI, Scheme Request For Implementation, is the process by which the Scheme community agrees on standard libraries and features for various sche

Re: SRFI copyright license

2003-12-24 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > Every SRFI contains a reference implementation, and bears this > copyright notice: > > Copyright (C) /author/ (/year/). All Rights Reserved. > > This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to > others, and derivative work

Re: SRFI copyright license

2003-12-24 Thread Brian T. Sniffen
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: >> Every SRFI contains a reference implementation, and bears this >> copyright notice: >> >> Copyright (C) /author/ (/year/). All Rights Reserved. >> >> This document and translations of it may be copi

Re: SRFI copyright license

2003-12-24 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Brian T. Sniffen wrote: > I strongly disagree: the license is just saying that you can't > publish a derivative work of SRFI X as SRFI X, and are otherwise free > to derive works. Could you step through your logic of that, without relying on the FAQ? As near as I can parse i

Re: SRFI copyright license

2003-12-24 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 01:40:33PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: >> Every SRFI contains a reference implementation, and bears this >> copyright notice: >> Is a scheme implementation that includes the reference >> implementation DFSG-free (providing th

Re: SRFI copyright license

2003-12-24 Thread Florian Weimer
Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > I wish to get your opinions on the case of the reference > implementations in the SRFI's. An SRFI, Scheme Request For > Implementation, is the process by which the Scheme community agrees on > standard libraries and features for various scheme > implementations. Every S