updates

2004-08-23 Thread bert
Quark Express 6.0 - 60 Adobe Photoshop 7.0 - 60 Borland Delphi 7 Professional - 70 Macromedia Studio MX 2004 - 180 Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 - 29 Quark Express 6.0 - 60 Linux Redhat 7.3 - 200 Corel Draw Graphics Suite 11 - 120 Adobe PageMaker 7.0 - 60 Linux Redhat 7.3 - 200 and a lot more htt

Re: NEW ocaml licence proposal by upstream, will be part of the 3.08.1 release going into sarge.

2004-08-23 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 11:56:03PM -0400, Walter Landry wrote: > If I understand correctly, you argue that DFSG #1-#9 should be > interpreted in such a way to make the GPL free (because of, among > other things, flamewars on -legal). That makes DFSG #10 a no-op. I > argue that DFSG #10 enforces a

Re: CeCILL again...

2004-08-23 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:29:13PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > In the original French, the first sentence grants permission to *add* > GPLed code to the work and distribute the combination under the > terms of the GPL, and the second sentence grants others permission to > continue distributing t

Re: Choice-of-Venue is OK with the DFSG.

2004-08-23 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 12:26:32PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 03:35:49PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > Well, did you heard the case where, i think it was california, decided that > > it > > could sue people all over the world ? > > You seem to get a different version o

Re: NEW ocaml licence proposal by upstream, will be part of the 3.08.1 release going into sarge.

2004-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:02:47PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > Of course, I suspect TrollTech (and other copyright holders that use the > QPL license) didn't think about such a possibility. That's because the > usual choice for "any other license(s)" is one or more proprietary > license(s) that

Re: CeCILL again...

2004-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:11:33PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > You have some very strange mail headers: > > From: Nicolas CANIART <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mail-Followup-To: ".no-spam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > debian-legal@lists.debian.org > > If you're trying to prevent your mail address fro

Re: CeCILL again...

2004-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:29:13PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:11:33PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 02:26:00AM +0200, Nicolas CANIART wrote: > > > I've read with interest the thread[1] about the new CeCILL licence. > > > But the debian c

Re: the meaning of 'the same terms" in DFSG 3, and why the QPL fails it (was: An old question of EGE's)

2004-08-23 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 07:36:47PM +0100, Andrew Saunders wrote: > On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 13:08:39 -0500, Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:41:24AM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > > > However, if you really want to know how DFSG 3 was intended then you > >

Re: Suggestions of David Nusinow, was: RPSL and DFSG-compliance - choice of venue

2004-08-23 Thread Branden Robinson
[I am not subscribed to -newmaint.] On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:15:37PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > Hello Brian, > > * Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-09 12:58]: > > It can be really tough to test NM's who are not native English speakers > > about licensing issues. Legal text is very dif

Re: W3 software license

2004-08-23 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 10:33:26AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 05:36:29PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > >> Branden Robinson: > >>> Josh Triplett: > >>>The license looks OK to me, with the possible exception that it says > >>>"obtaining, using a

Re: the meaning of 'the same terms" in DFSG 3, and why the QPL fails it (was: An old question of EGE's)

2004-08-23 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 02:59:17AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 07:36:47PM +0100, Andrew Saunders wrote: > > What brought about this change of heart? [...] > Historical context can be persuasive, but it is not dispositive. Oh yeah, and lest you think you've "caught me o

Re: CeCILL again...

2004-08-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 09:48:59AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > This is also a more general issue: how do we deal with licenses that we > > > can't read, in the general case? We assume that Debian users can read > > > English well enough to understand license grants, but we can't assume > > > t

Re: Please pass judgement on X-Oz licence: free or nay?

2004-08-23 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 11:35:10PM -0500, Joe Wreschnig wrote: > Now, I can infer one of three things: > > 1. You had off-list contact with the X-Oz people before the license was > analyzed here on -legal, and did not communicate their non-standard > interpretation of that clause back to us for th

Re: Suggestions of David Nusinow, was: RPSL and DFSG-compliance - choice of venue

2004-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 03:12:51AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > [I am not subscribed to -newmaint.] > > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:15:37PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > > > * Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-09 12:58]: > > > It can be really tough to test NM's who are

Re: CeCILL again...

2004-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 01:53:04AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 09:48:59AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > This is also a more general issue: how do we deal with licenses that we > > > > can't read, in the general case? We assume that Debian users can read > > > > Engli

Re: [SDL] Proposed wiki license

2004-08-23 Thread Joe Moore
My suggestions are inline. To me, this looks like it is intended as a free license. It may not pass the "tentacles of evil" test since it is not precisely worded, but a statement by the copyright holder that the free interpretation applies is sufficent to cover this issue. On Wed, Aug 18, 20

Re: CeCILL again...

2004-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 02:26:00AM +0200, Nicolas CANIART wrote: > Hi all ! > > I've read with interest the thread[1] about the new CeCILL licence. > But the debian community has not taken a clear position about it yet. > Since I'd like to know if it is possible to package softwares under that >

Re: NEW ocaml licence proposal by upstream, will be part of the 3.08.1 release going into sarge.

2004-08-23 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:34:00 +0200 Sven Luther wrote: > Notice that in the ocaml case, it is well possible that the additional > licences is more near the BSD, since it allows for third party to make > modifications under a more permisive licence than the LGPL/QPL duo. > > So, would a wording wher

Re: NEW ocaml licence proposal by upstream, will be part of the 3.08.1 release going into sarge.

2004-08-23 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:37:56 -0400 Glenn Maynard wrote: > He doesn't have that permission himself. How can he possibly give it > to others? If he can't release just under the GPL, how can he allow > me to? Well, it says "any other license(s)", not "any other license(s) with the additional claus

[caniart.nicolas.no-spam@libertysurf.fr: Re: CeCILL again...]

2004-08-23 Thread Glenn Maynard
(forwarded by request) -- Glenn Maynard --- Begin Message --- On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:11:33PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > You have some very strange mail headers: > > From: Nicolas CANIART <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mail-Followup-To: ".no-spam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > debian-legal@lists.d

Re: CeCILL again...

2004-08-23 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 02:39:22PM +0200, Nicolas CANIART wrote: > > (Yes, the clause repeats itself; I have no idea why.) > > At http://cecill.info/faq.en.html#clarification parapraph 2, it is said > that this is a translation bug and it will be corrected in the "next > version" (no date given

Re: Suggestions of David Nusinow, was: RPSL and DFSG-compliance - choice of venue

2004-08-23 Thread ivan-debian
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 03:12:51AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > I certainly agree. The thrust of my comments was to make sure NMs > understand that licensing issues are often difficult, and that if one isn't > prepared to wrestle with them oneself, one needs to place more trust in > one's peer

Re: Suggestions of David Nusinow, was: RPSL and DFSG-compliance - choice of venue

2004-08-23 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-08-23 21:16:06 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 03:12:51AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: I am dismayed and exasperated by the recent trend of bashing the debian-legal list collectively, I don't think turning around and blaming the NM process is a reasonable reac

Re: Suggestions of David Nusinow, was: RPSL and DFSG-compliance - choice of venue

2004-08-23 Thread Brian Nelson
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 03:17:13AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-08-23 21:16:06 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 03:12:51AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > >>I am dismayed and exasperated by the recent trend of bashing the > >>debian-legal list collectively, > >I don't

Re: NEW ocaml licence proposal by upstream, will be part of the 3.08.1 release going into sarge.

2004-08-23 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 11:27:01PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > > He doesn't have that permission himself. How can he possibly give it > > to others? If he can't release just under the GPL, how can he allow > > me to? > > Well, it says "any other license(s)", not "any other license(s) with the

Re: NEW ocaml licence proposal by upstream, will be part of the 3.08.1 release going into sarge.

2004-08-23 Thread Walter Landry
Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 11:56:03PM -0400, Walter Landry wrote: > > If I understand correctly, you argue that DFSG #1-#9 should be > > interpreted in such a way to make the GPL free (because of, among > > other things, flamewars on -legal). That makes DFSG