On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 06:54, Branden Robinson wrote:
> I think Jeremy's concerns about not reinforcing the meme of "DFSG as
> strict ruleset" are quite valid, but I think it serves people well if we
> cite the DFSG wherever applicable in our license analyses.
It is also common courtesy among lawye
I would appreciate your comments and advice about the license for the
Torque Resource Manager.
Some background information that i've found:
Torque is a product derived from the OpenPBS source. OpenPBS is a well
known software package that is commonly used on HPC clusters, originally
developed for
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Jeremy Hankins wrote:
>> The interesting part of the claim in a summary isn't that
>> restrictions on modifying make a license non-free, but that the
>> license restricts modifying. The summary doesn't describe the DFSG,
>> it descr
On 2004-03-11 13:26:49 + Roberto Gordo Saez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
| 5. Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information
on how to
|obtain complete source code for the OpenPBS software and any
|modifications and/or additions to the OpenPBS software. The
source c
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If my opinion matters, I have to come down more on Don's side of this
> disagreement.
Hrmph. ;)
> I think Jeremy's concerns about not reinforcing the meme of "DFSG as
> strict ruleset" are quite valid, but I think it serves people well if
> we cite
Roberto Gordo Saez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> | 1. Commercial and/or non-commercial use of the Software is permitted
> |provided a current software registration is on file at www.OpenPBS.org.
> |If use of this software contributes to a publication, product, or
> |service, proper att
Jeremy Hankins wrote:
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Jeremy Hankins wrote:
This is a serious question: how does "(DFSG 3)" tacked on to the end
of a sentence help to explain the issue?
In the same way that a footnote or reference does.
It's always appropriate t
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Jeremy Hankins wrote:
> Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Jeremy Hankins wrote:
> Perhaps [Bruce Perens] has a turing-complete compost heap as well?
Way, way, OT, but it's pretty hard not to have a compost machine that
does not contain universa
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 10:19:00AM -0500, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
> > | 5. Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on how
> > to
> > |obtain complete source code for the OpenPBS software and any
> > |modifications and/or additions to the OpenPBS software. The so
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 05:14:36PM +0100, Roberto Gordo Saez wrote:
> > > | 5. Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on
> > > how to
> > > |obtain complete source code for the OpenPBS software and any
> > > |modifications and/or additions to the OpenPBS software.
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 10:17:25AM -0500, Jeremy Hankins wrote:
> My fear is that, as Don seems to be showing, people will oversimplify
> and miss the limitations. Getting people to think in terms of
> "modification" instead of "DFSG 3" seems useful.
Hmm, I think I missed the start of this threa
I've started a new OpenSource project but can't decide which license is
best suited. Since there isn't any other place to ask about licenses I
ask it here even if its just partially interesting for Debian. In case
there is a better place just say so.
My project is OpenSource an should be Debian co
Hello Otto,
Let me try to summarize your situation to make sure I understand:
1. You have a piece of software that you wish to be Open Source.
2. That software uses icons and images, which are interchangable
as a theme.
3. You wish to allow companies to distribute their own icons and
images
Roberto Gordo Saez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> So it's definitely non-free, in addition to what you say below. I
>> think I understand you to have said that conditions 1 and 2 don't
>> apply any more; in that case, can you have the copyright holder remove
>> them? That would be much, much mor
Roberto Gordo Saez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The source code for OpenPBS is available, but the current license is
> not free (http://www.openpbs.org/license.html). This is almost the same
> license that the one used in Torque, with a only a small but important
> change; the license for Torque
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