Re: MPEG-4 patent license issues - libfaad* and libx264* and other codecs.

2006-04-30 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le samedi 29 avril 2006 à 23:37 +0100, Matthew William Solloway Bell a écrit : > The packages libxine1, ffmpeg, include libfaad*, libx264* or another > codec which implement the MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding and Advanced > Video Coding standards. I have already stated this: Debian shouldn't have a

Re: [d-i manual] gpl section

2006-04-30 Thread Geert Stappers
( Full quote of original posting (to debian-boot) because debian-legal is also addressed ) On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 02:08:48PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hello all, > > 1. > I just comitted an unofficial translation of the gpl for > german to the manual and I noticed, that the paragraphs (§0

Re: [d-i manual] gpl section

2006-04-30 Thread Holger Wansing
Hello, On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:11:20 +0200 Geert Stappers wrote: > IANAL, but my feeling is > "do not modify a legal document > not even inserting numbers" [...] > If you miss "hyperlinks" in a legal document, > then get them included in new documents. (not in existing ones ) > If we think *t

Re: MPEG-4 patent license issues - libfaad* and libx264* and other codecs.

2006-04-30 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le samedi 29 avril 2006 à 23:37 +0100, Matthew William Solloway Bell a > écrit : > > The packages libxine1, ffmpeg, include libfaad*, libx264* or another > > codec which implement the MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding and Advanced > > Video Coding standard

Re: MPEG-4 patent license issues - libfaad* and libx264* and other codecs.

2006-04-30 Thread Måns Rullgård
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Josselin Mouette wrote: >> Le samedi 29 avril 2006 à 23:37 +0100, Matthew William Solloway Bell a >> écrit : >> > The packages libxine1, ffmpeg, include libfaad*, libx264* or another >> > codec which implement the MPEG-4 Advanced Au

[Slightly OT] Grant of right to litigate copyright infringment

2006-04-30 Thread Joe Smith
It would be useful to be able to licence the right to litigate cases of copyright infringement. Many non-profit organisations request copyright assignment from contributers. One of the more common reasons is because the organisation would have trouble defending the work (i.e. litigating against

Re: MPEG-4 patent license issues - libfaad* and libx264* and other codecs.

2006-04-30 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: > Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Josselin Mouette wrote: > >> Le samedi 29 avril 2006 à 23:37 +0100, Matthew William Solloway Bell a > >> écrit : > >> > The packages libxine1, ffmpeg, include libfaad*, libx264*

Re: MPEG-4 patent license issues - libfaad* and libx264* and other codecs.

2006-04-30 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Måns Rullgård wrote: > Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Josselin Mouette wrote: > >> Le samedi 29 avril 2006 à 23:37 +0100, Matthew William Solloway Bell a > >> écrit : > >> > The packages libxine1, ffmpeg, include libfaad*, libx264* or an

[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [sork] About license of sork modules]

2006-04-30 Thread Gregory Colpart
Chuck, I forward to debian-legal list, best place for license experts. debian-legal people, find first post of this thread here : http://lists.horde.org/archives/sork/Week-of-Mon-20060424/002560.html - Forwarded message from Chuck Hagenbuch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 2

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [sork] About license of sork modules]

2006-04-30 Thread Michael Poole
[Cc'ed to original recipients since it seemed likely not all follow debian-legal] Gregory Colpart writes: > Chuck, I forward to debian-legal list, best place for license > experts. > > debian-legal people, find first post of this thread here : > http://lists.horde.org/archives/sork/Week-of-Mon-2

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [sork] About license of sork modules]

2006-04-30 Thread Michael Poole
Gregory Colpart writes: > Chuck, I forward to debian-legal list, best place for license > experts. By the way, cc'ing a closed list when emailing an open list is poor form. (Hopefully this will help others avoid the auto-reject message I got.) Michael Poole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [sork] About license of sork modules]

2006-04-30 Thread Chuck Hagenbuch
Quoting Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: This probably varies slightly from country to country, but at least in the USA, copyright is not automatically transferred like this. If the work is done "for hire", the employer is the original copyright holder. If a written agreement assigning the s

About license of sork modules

2006-04-30 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
I'm adding a CC to debian-legal, the Debian ML for legal issues. On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 09:08:30PM -0400, Chuck Hagenbuch wrote: > Quoting Gregory Colpart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Perhaps, I should ask this in all (core|drivers) developers listed >> in CREDITS file (but copyright in LICENSE file