Licence Query: petris (new package)

2004-02-22 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
I have started packaging petris, a command line tetris clone (http://home1.stofanet.dk/peter-seidler/). The README says: "LICENSE" You can do whatever you want with the program, it's Public Domain. (however, it would be nice of you to credit me if you found anything of this useful). Is thi

POSIX manpages

2004-02-22 Thread Martin Schulze
As of version 1.65 manpages from the POSIX standard are included with the following copyright note: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and The Open Group, have given us permission to reprint portions of their documentation. In the following statement, the phrase ``t

Re: POSIX manpages

2004-02-22 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 12:30:40PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > As of version 1.65 manpages from the POSIX standard are included with > the following copyright note: > > The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and The Open Group, > have given us permission to reprint portio

Re: Licence Query: petris (new package)

2004-02-22 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Andree Leidenfrost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "LICENSE" > You can do whatever you want with the program, it's Public Domain. > (however, it would be nice of you to credit me if you found anything > of this useful). > Is this DFSG compliant? Yes. (Jurisdiction that do not acknowledge au

the ripmime license

2004-02-22 Thread Willi Mann V.
Hi! I think this license is DFSG-compliant, but IANAL so I ask before I'm doing something wrong. It appears to me that this is BSD + no advertising (4.) + 1b derived from GPL. thanks Willi ripMIME LICENSE The following license terms and conditions apply, unle

Re: the ripmime license

2004-02-22 Thread Josh Triplett
Willi Mann V. wrote: > ripMIME LICENSE > > The following license terms and conditions apply, unless a different > license is obtained from P.L.Daniels, P.O.Box 6, Ravenswood, 4816 > Australia, or by electronic mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > License Terms: > > Use, Mod

Re: Licence Query: petris (new package)

2004-02-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:29:25PM +1100, Andree Leidenfrost wrote: > I have started packaging petris, a command line tetris clone > (http://home1.stofanet.dk/peter-seidler/). > > The README says: > > "LICENSE" > You can do whatever you want with the program, it's Public Domain. > (however, i

Re: POSIX manpages

2004-02-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 01:01:33PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > I am worried about this situation since the file POSIX-COPYRIGHT > > doesn't lose a word about re-distribution, modifications and > > permission to distribute changes, neither does the press release > > > > I'm worried in particu

NASA Open Source License Still Up For Discussion

2004-02-22 Thread Martin Michlmayr
As per the recent discussion, I thought I'd mention http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/02/21/230259.shtml (NASA Open Source License Still Up For Discussion). -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian Legal summary of the X-Oz License (Proposed)

2004-02-22 Thread Simon Law
Debian Legal summary of the X-Oz License Proposed The original license is available at http://www.x-oz.com/licenses.html and is reproduced below: --- Copyright © 2003, 2004 X-Oz Technologies. All Rights Reserved. Permis

Re: Debian Legal summary of the X-Oz License (Proposed)

2004-02-22 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Simon Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if > any, must include the following acknowledgment: > > "This product includes software developed by X-Oz Technologies > (http://www.x-oz.com/)." >

Re: the ripmime license

2004-02-22 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-02-22 16:43:36 + Willi Mann V. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ripMIME LICENSE Summary: yuck. IMO, this licence seems DFSG-free, but it is confusing. I hope his lawyer did not charge him too much for it. Also, it has some "lawyerbombs" for me: terms that m

Re: Debian Legal summary of the X-Oz License (Proposed)

2004-02-22 Thread Simon Law
On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 12:46:24AM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > I am not so sure anymore, after Branden has testified [:-)] that the > author has explicitly refused to change it to a more conventional and > unambiguous. Given that it's certainly *possible* to interpret the > clause as meaning so