Re: Creative Commons 3.0 Public draft -- news and questions

2006-08-22 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Well, it prohibits an entire class of derivative works: the ones that >(accurately) credit the author of the original work! >As I said elsewhere: I can release an annotate version of a CC-licensed >novel, but I could be forbidden to accurately acknowledge the authorship >

Re: Please comment the license of vim manual and reference

2006-08-22 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060821 14:47]: > (when they are not totally bogus, as in the reference to the "dissident > test" which was popular a few years ago). In case anyone is new here. This is Maco d'Itri and he only speaks about his own interpretion of the DFSG, which is totally diffe

License of "vesamodes"-file in xorg-server source-package?

2006-08-22 Thread Markus Laire
The file hw/xfree86/common/vesamodes in xorg-server[1] source-package doesn't contain any kind of copyright or license statement, only this text: // // Default modes distilled from // "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor // Timing", version 1.0, revision

Re: Creative Commons 3.0 Public draft -- news and questions

2006-08-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 09:53:57PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 02:06:13 -0700 Steve Langasek wrote: > > OTOH, if CC intends that this clause prevents ever making the Work > > available on TPM-encumbered media (which I don't think is the > > plain-text reading of this clause)

Re: License of "vesamodes"-file in xorg-server source-package?

2006-08-22 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 8/22/06, Markus Laire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The file hw/xfree86/common/vesamodes in xorg-server[1] source-package doesn't contain any kind of copyright or license statement, only this text: // // Default modes distilled from // "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Di

Re: Creative Commons 3.0 Public draft -- news and questions

2006-08-22 Thread Evan Prodromou
Marco d'Itri wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, it prohibits an entire class of derivative works: the ones that (accurately) credit the author of the original work! As I said elsewhere: I can release an annotate version of a CC-licensed novel, but I could be forbidden to accurately acknow

Re: Creative Commons 3.0 Public draft -- news and questions

2006-08-22 Thread Evan Prodromou
Francesco Poli wrote: Well, it prohibits an entire class of derivative works: the ones that (accurately) credit the author of the original work! As I said elsewhere: I can release an annotate version of a CC-licensed novel, but I could be forbidden to accurately acknowledge the authorship of the

Re: Creative Commons 3.0 Public draft -- news and questions

2006-08-22 Thread Michael Poole
Francesco Poli writes: > On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 01:09:52 +0100 Stephen Gran wrote: > >> This one time, at band camp, Francesco Poli said: >> > This still concerns me... >> > I have previously discussed the issue on debian-legal, but I'm not >> > yet convinced that this clause passes the DFSG. >> > >