Re: Rules for submitting licenses for review

2005-08-26 Thread Ricardo Gladwell
On 25/08/05, Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/24/05, Ricardo Gladwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In other words, it discriminates against the legitimate field of > > endeavour of writing games and other works compatible with other > > trademarked works. Please also see my notes on

Re: Pre-ITP - LARN and Noah Morgan

2005-08-26 Thread MJ Ray
Alex Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to package the existing game "LARN" for Debian. > Before I send out an ITP, I'd like to clarify one issue. > The text below is what I'd currently put in "debian/copyright". > Is this sufficient to enable addition into contrib or main ? Does anyone d

Re: [PEAR-QA] PHP License

2005-08-26 Thread MJ Ray
Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] When a user downloads phpbb2 and joins it with PHP to > create the finished derivative product it seems they are in violation of the > license. Can users call the combined thing "0x6a671236" or something? It'd still be accurate to say it's produced f

Re: [PEAR-QA] PHP License

2005-08-26 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Friday 26 August 2005 02:51 am, MJ Ray wrote: > Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] When a user downloads phpbb2 and joins it with PHP to > > create the finished derivative product it seems they are in violation of > > the license. > > Can users call the combined thing "0x6a671236"

Re: Pre-ITP - LARN and Noah Morgan

2005-08-26 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 09:39:03PM -0700, Alex Perry wrote: > Nathan Tenny has the following note on a web page ... > http://people.qualcomm.com/ntenny/larn.html > > As an historical note: I've never really known anything > > about Noah Morgan, the author of the original Larn and hence, > > in some

Re: Pre-ITP - LARN and Noah Morgan

2005-08-26 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> In an email on Aug 15 2005, Kevin wrote to Alex: >> > I proceeded on the casual assumption that Noah Morgan >> > and Don Kneller would have no issues with changes >> > being made and posted. They posted to a public forum, >> > and I seem to vaguely recall that their lic

Re: Rules for submitting licenses for review

2005-08-26 Thread Raul Miller
On 8/25/05, Ken Arromdee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Raul Miller wrote: > > > Game mechanics, methods, procedures, etc. are not copyrightable. > > To the degree that their concrete implementations are a creative work, > > their implementations are copyrightable. > > But that'

Re: Rules for submitting licenses for review

2005-08-26 Thread Ricardo Gladwell
On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 13:05 -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > [Note: I do agree that their trademark language should be upgraded so > that the usual implicit rights to use trademarks are retained by users > of this license.] I would note that the official Open Game License FAQ by the license authors spe

Re: Rules for submitting licenses for review

2005-08-26 Thread Raul Miller
(resend with better To: line) On 8/26/05, Ricardo Gladwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [2] http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/oglfaq/20040123f - Open > Game License:Frequently Asked Questions. Do a page search of > "compatibility". Where they say: "The Open Game License expands the contr

Re: Pre-ITP - LARN and Noah Morgan

2005-08-26 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 05:01:29PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> In an email on Aug 15 2005, Kevin wrote to Alex: > >> > I proceeded on the casual assumption that Noah Morgan > >> > and Don Kneller would have no issues with changes > >> > being made and posted. They

Re: Pre-ITP - LARN and Noah Morgan

2005-08-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:39:03 -0700 (PDT) Alex Perry wrote: > I'd like to package the existing game "LARN" for Debian. Good. > Before I send out an ITP, I'd like to clarify one issue. > The text below is what I'd currently put in "debian/copyright". > Is this sufficient to enable addition into co

Re: [PEAR-DEV] PHP License

2005-08-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:16:09 -0400 Charles Fry wrote: [...] > > Also correct. I believe this applies to the PHP trademark. If there > > is a PEAR trademark registered, we could just replace "PHP" with > > "PEAR." If not, just eliminate them. > > I don't think that it makes sense to replace PHP

Re: Pre-ITP - LARN and Noah Morgan

2005-08-26 Thread Alex Perry
All responses appreciated; they confirmed my suspicions. I'll continue to try to locate an irrevocable license or the copyright holders. Alex. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]