Re: Python Software Foundation trademark policy

2006-12-21 Thread Gervase Markham
MJ Ray wrote: Passing off is a little different, so I don't want to confuse that with trademarks. That's not something I know much about; a reference on the difference would be appreciated if you have one. How is "Python" being used by the distributor to label the shipped version of CPytho

Fw: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Carles Pina i Estany
Hello, Gnuplot has a non-common license: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/g/gnuplot/gnuplot_4.0.0-5/gnuplot.copyright It says: It is obligatory to add oneself (e.g. Debian) as primary contact if you distribute modified binaries, but in Gnuplot Debian package the primary contact is

Re: Fw: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso
On 21/12/06, Carles Pina i Estany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It is not possible to distribute new versions of gnuplot (only original source code and patches), etc. According to the 4th DFSG: Integrity of The Author's Source Code The license may restrict source-code from being distribute

Re: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Joe Smith
"Carles Pina i Estany" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Gnuplot has a non-common license: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/g/gnuplot/gnuplot_4.0.0-5/gnuplot.copyright It says: It is obligatory to add oneself (e.g. Debian) as primary contact if

Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?

2006-12-21 Thread Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso
I'm curious as to the status of the following code for solving a Rubik's cube: http://www.wrongway.org/work/solver.tar.gz The readme.txt file states This program is released under the GNU General Public License. It may be modified and/or redistributed under the terms of said lic

Re: Fw: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Carles Pina i Estany
Hello, On Dec/21/2006, Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: > On 21/12/06, Carles Pina i Estany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >It is not possible to distribute new versions of gnuplot (only original > >source code and patches), etc. > > According to the 4th DFSG: > >Integrity of The Author's Sourc

Legal status of tkchooser (microsoft logo used)

2006-12-21 Thread Daniel van Eeden
The file /usr/lib/tkchooser/icons/winpop.pnm from the tkchooser package uses an microsoft windows logo. Is that legally permitted? Please CC or BCC me, I'm not on the list. Regards, Daniel van Eeden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Legal status of tkchooser (microsoft logo used)

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Carr
On 12/21/06 11:00, Daniel van Eeden wrote: > The file /usr/lib/tkchooser/icons/winpop.pnm from the tkchooser package > uses an > microsoft windows logo. Is that legally permitted? > > Please CC or BCC me, I'm not on the list. That's probably considered fair use for the purpose of which it was in

Re: Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Carr
On 12/21/06 09:53, Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: > I'm curious as to the status of the following code for solving a > Rubik's cube: > > http://www.wrongway.org/work/solver.tar.gz > > The readme.txt file states > > This program is released under the GNU General Public License. > It m

Re: Python Software Foundation trademark policy

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Carr
On 12/21/06 08:18, Gervase Markham wrote: > I admit this is a bit stretched, but I find it hard to understand how we > come to a position where Debian can label anything it likes with any > trademarks it likes in its distribution, as long as it doesn't write the > trademarks on the outside of the

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Carr
On 12/11/06 14:02, Nick Phillips wrote: > On 12/12/2006, at 10:50 AM, Francesco Poli wrote: > >> >> The clarification from MJ Ray regarding DFSG#4 made me think that each >> distinct copyright holder had a veto power on _one_ Font Name. >> At least I hoped it was so, since if each copyright holder

Re: IEEE copyrighted files in vhdl tools

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Carr
On 12/19/06 07:50, José L. Redrejo Rodríguez wrote: > Hi, > I've filled an ITP[1] on a freehdl. The upstream authors licensed it as > GPL, but I've found in the source tarball one vhdl header file How did you determine the upstream authors didn't have permission? > ( ieee/numeric_bit.vhdl), with

Re: Legal status of tkchooser (microsoft logo used)

2006-12-21 Thread Joe Smith
"Jeff Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/21/06 11:00, Daniel van Eeden wrote: The file /usr/lib/tkchooser/icons/winpop.pnm from the tkchooser package uses an microsoft windows logo. Is that legally permitted? Please CC or BCC me, I'm not on the list. Tha

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-21 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:43:57 -0500 Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Gervase Markham wrote: > > > Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > >> This means that forbidding derived works to carry the same name as > >> the original software is acceptable. > >> I believe that forbidding an unlimited and arbitrary list of

Re: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:51:55 -0500 Joe Smith wrote: [...] > >* 3. provide your name and address as the primary contact for the > >*support of your modified version, and > > This one could be free, but there has been some debate over similar > clauses. I'm thinking this is acceptable I thin

Re: Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?

2006-12-21 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:53:25 -0600 Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: [...] > The readme.txt file states > > This program is released under the GNU General Public License. > It may be modified and/or redistributed under the terms of said > license. The creator is not responsible for d

Re: Fw: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:57:56 +0200 Carles Pina i Estany wrote: [...] > and for example, number 3 is: > --- > * 3. provide your name and address as the primary contact for the > *support of your modified version, and > --- > > If I execute gnuplot --help I would exp

Re: Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?

2006-12-21 Thread Ben Pfaff
Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:53:25 -0600 Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: > >> The readme.txt file states >> >> This program is released under the GNU General Public License. >> It may be modified and/or redistributed under the terms of said >>

Re: IEEE copyrighted files in vhdl tools

2006-12-21 Thread L. Redrejo
El jue, 21-12-2006 a las 14:19 -0800, Jeff Carr escribió: > On 12/19/06 07:50, José L. Redrejo Rodríguez wrote: > > Hi, > > I've filled an ITP[1] on a freehdl. The upstream authors licensed it as > > GPL, but I've found in the source tarball one vhdl header file > > How did you determine the upstr