Re: request-tracker3: license shadiness

2004-07-05 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 09:24:50AM +0100, Andrew Stribblehill wrote: > Regarding the concept of taking the copyright of code: it's what the > FSF have been doing since 1992 with Emacs. The difference here is > that if you feel strongly about it, you get to keep your copyright. The FSF asks contrib

Re: xinetd license possibly violates DFSG #4

2004-07-05 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 07:12:51AM -0500, Andreas Metzler wrote: > I do not consider this to "go much further than that". The intention is > imho the one DFSG4 tries to carter for. The author wants: > a) derivatives being detectable as such. > b) derivatives have to keep out of xinetd's namespace.

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-05 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
tom wrote: > In UE we have a directive on database, and it says that there's not > copyright on database but there's a new IP right called "sui generis". The > difference is that it covers less rights than copyright (remember in the > european version e.g. droit d'auter) and for less time. The EU

Re: CC-based proposal (was FDL: no news?)

2004-07-05 Thread Evan Prodromou
On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 19:08, MJ Ray wrote: > Numerous people have tried many angles. More are welcome, as we > clearly haven't found the correct approach yet. So, I'd like to write a draft summary for the 6 Creative Commons 2.0 licenses: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Fou

Re: Copyright/License of Debian Constitution

2004-07-05 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Can you guys on d-l please comment. I think CCing Dwayne would be a suitable thing too. Thanks Zenaan On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 14:22, Dwayne C. Litzenberger wrote: > I'm not sure if this is the right list to ask on, but what's the > copyright/license status of the Debian Constitution? > > ht

Re: Copyright/License of Debian Constitution

2004-07-05 Thread Josh Triplett
Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 14:22, Dwayne C. Litzenberger wrote: >>I'm not sure if this is the right list to ask on, but what's the >>copyright/license status of the Debian Constitution? >> >> http://www.debian.org/devel/constitution >> >>I'm heading up changes to the const

Re: Copyright/License of Debian Constitution (parts 2-3)

2004-07-05 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Here is the relevant replies on debian-user. On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 04:55, Travis Crump wrote: > John Hasler wrote: > > Dwayne C. Litzenberger writes: > > > >>I'm not sure if this is the right list to ask on, but what's the > >>copyright/license status of the Debian Constitution? > >> > >>

Re: Copyright/License of Debian Constitution (parts 2-3)

2004-07-05 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 06:40:08AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > a) Go try and 'reword' a book and try to pass it off as your own. In a sense, this is what the GNU project is all about. "Stealing from one source is plagiarism, stealing from many sources is research." Copyright is not

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-05 Thread Florian Weimer
* Jacobo Tarrio: > O Domingo, 4 de Xullo de 2004 ás 20:54:48 +0100, Andrew Suffield escribía: > >> They may be covered by database property laws in some jurisdictions. > > ... which are not "Copyright" or "Intellectual Property" laws [...] Wrong for Germany. Our analogue of copyright law does

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-05 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 05:35:12AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Jacobo Tarrio: > > > O Domingo, 4 de Xullo de 2004 ?s 20:54:48 +0100, Andrew Suffield escrib?a: > > > >> They may be covered by database property laws in some jurisdictions. > > > > ... which are not "Copyright" or "Intellectual