Re: MPL license

2006-03-28 Thread Florian Weimer
* Joerg Jaspert: > So, I have some packages in NEW that are MPL only licensed. Whats the > current way to go? Reject, accept? Accept. Debian currently distributes quite a few packages licensed under the MPL. I'm not sure if it makes sense to revert that decision at this stage. -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Debian packaging and (possible) Eterm license violations

2006-03-28 Thread Ed Hill
Hi Michael and Justin, Thank you for your help! I've submitted a bug (#359707) and will follow its progress. Ed -- Edward H. Hill III, PhD office: MIT Dept. of EAPS; Rm 54-1424; 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 emails: [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PRO

Re: MPL license

2006-03-28 Thread Walter Landry
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Joerg Jaspert: > > > So, I have some packages in NEW that are MPL only licensed. Whats the > > current way to go? Reject, accept? > > Accept. Debian currently distributes quite a few packages licensed > under the MPL. Quite a few? What packages are

Re: MPL license

2006-03-28 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:04:50 -0800 (PST) Walter Landry wrote: > Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Joerg Jaspert: > > > > > So, I have some packages in NEW that are MPL only licensed. Whats > > > the current way to go? Reject, accept? > > > > Accept. Debian currently distributes qu

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-28 Thread Raul Miller
On 3/27/06, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Mar 2006, Raul Miller wrote: > > I find it hard to believe that this license has any relevance in the > > context of non-copyright issues (issues of use which have not been > > specifically enumerated by either copyright law or the l

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-28 Thread Raul Miller
(I think this sub-thread is heading off on a tangent, I've cut a bunch of material which seems to lead nowhere significant. If I cut something important, please feel free to correct me.) On 3/27/06, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And, I'll grant that the concept of "copy and distribute" is

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-28 Thread Walter Landry
"Raul Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/26/06, Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I can give you a simple example, however, of a case where > > > [with caveats] word format is suitable: some drawings could > > > be saved in some word format if the version of word in question is

Re: MPL license

2006-03-28 Thread Nathanael Nerode
> Whats debian-legals position about the MPL? > Looking at google I see a lot of "Summary - non-free" and "Not really > non-free" mails. > > So, I have some packages in NEW that are MPL only licensed. Whats the > current way to go? Reject, accept? Reject, unless the authors have announced relicen

Re: GFDL'ed documents with Front Cover text

2006-03-28 Thread Nathanael Nerode
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >If so, I expect it will be more >efficient if we can approach the FSF for a blanket license change. No; from what we can tell, RMS is personally blocking even the simplest and most obvious license changes, and nobody with authority in the FSF will go up against him, alt