Re: Using a CC-3.0-BY file as data file for a GPL program

2007-09-06 Thread Shriramana Sharma
By the by, is CC-3.0-BY itself DFSG-free? It is not listed at http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses but since CC-1.0 is non-DFSG-free, do I assume that CC-3.0 itself is not free? I have not inlined or attached the text (nor started a separate thread) since as OP my main question is not about tha

Re: Using a CC-3.0-BY file as data file for a GPL program

2007-09-06 Thread Paul Wise
On 9/6/07, Shriramana Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the by, is CC-3.0-BY itself DFSG-free? It is not listed at > http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses but since CC-1.0 is non-DFSG-free, > do I assume that CC-3.0 itself is not free? Other packages licensed under CC-3.0-BY are in main. For e

Re: A use case of GPLv3 section 7b

2007-09-06 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 06 septembre 2007 à 00:10 +0200, Francesco Poli a écrit : > Hi all, > I've just found out a real case where section 7b of GNU GPL v3 is > actually used to impose specific restrictions. > > PySoy[1] is a Python library for 3D game development. > It is released under the terms of the GNU GP

Re: Using a CC-3.0-BY file as data file for a GPL program

2007-09-06 Thread Shriramana Sharma
Paul Wise wrote: Other packages licensed under CC-3.0-BY are in main. For example the data in the whichwayisup game: Is there a way to search for this licensewise? Thanks. S:R) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A use case of GPLv3 section 7b

2007-09-06 Thread Giacomo A. Catenazzi
Josselin Mouette wrote: Le jeudi 06 septembre 2007 à 00:10 +0200, Francesco Poli a écrit : Hi all, I've just found out a real case where section 7b of GNU GPL v3 is actually used to impose specific restrictions. PySoy[1] is a Python library for 3D game development. It is released under the term

Monkey's Audio License Agreement

2007-09-06 Thread Leopold Palomo Avellaneda
Dear people *, I have a question about a license. There's a software, the Monkey's Audio that has a license [1] a bit peculiar. So, my question is, if one package (GPL) use this software, has to go to contrib, or could go to main? Regards, Leo * I'm not in the list, so please make a CC to

Re: Monkey's Audio License Agreement

2007-09-06 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 06 septembre 2007 à 13:57 +0200, Leopold Palomo Avellaneda a écrit : > Dear people *, > > I have a question about a license. There's a software, the Monkey's Audio > that > has a license [1] a bit peculiar. So, my question is, if one package (GPL) > use this software, has to go to con

Re: Monkey's Audio License Agreement

2007-09-06 Thread Leopold Palomo Avellaneda
A Dijous 06 Setembre 2007 14:27, Josselin Mouette va escriure: > Le jeudi 06 septembre 2007 à 13:57 +0200, Leopold Palomo Avellaneda a > > écrit : > > Dear people *, > > > > I have a question about a license. There's a software, the Monkey's Audio > > that has a license [1] a bit peculiar. So, my

Re: Monkey's Audio License Agreement

2007-09-06 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 06 septembre 2007 à 14:49 +0200, Leopold Palomo Avellaneda a écrit : > My question is about a plugin that has in the source the non-free lib but > itself is gpl, documented all in the License file. and all is a package, has > to go to non-free? Or the maintainer has to separate in two pa

Trademark scope (just for the record)

2007-09-06 Thread Rick Moen
- Forwarded message from rick - Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:15:11 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: :-/ Quoting Trent W. Buck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > See http://bugs.debian.org/354622 for the full story. Sorry I didn't > include that link before, I was lazy. As usual for trademark cl

Re: Using a CC-3.0-BY file as data file for a GPL program

2007-09-06 Thread MJ Ray
Shriramana Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the by, is CC-3.0-BY itself DFSG-free? [...] My understanding is that the project is treating works under CC-3.0-BY as meeting the DFSG, but the CC-3.0-BY is a confusing licence with many unresolved questions (lawyerbombs) which I prefer to avoid.

Re: Using a CC-3.0-BY file as data file for a GPL program

2007-09-06 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 12:17:11 +0100 (BST) MJ Ray wrote: > Shriramana Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the by, is CC-3.0-BY itself DFSG-free? [...] > > My understanding is that the project is treating works under CC-3.0-BY > as meeting the DFSG, ...unfortunately, I should add... :-( > b

Re: Using a CC-3.0-BY file as data file for a GPL program

2007-09-06 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:23:35 +0530 Shriramana Sharma wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: > > > Shriramana, which category does the database you need belong to? > > I do not understand which "category" you mean. It's a database of > latitude/longitude/elevation data for places around the globe. See

Re: A use case of GPLv3 section 7b

2007-09-06 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:02:31 +0200 Josselin Mouette wrote: [...] > I think the authors have completely misunderstood the purpose of > section 7. This section doesn't allow to add further restrictions, but > to add further *permissions*. Like, for example, permitting to link > the program with a li

Re: Monkey's Audio License Agreement

2007-09-06 Thread Ben Finney
Leopold Palomo Avellaneda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a question about a license. There's a software, the Monkey's > Audio that has a license [1] a bit peculiar. For the purpose of context, we prefer the license text be posted in full in a message in the discussion thread. I've done so i

Re: Monkey's Audio License Agreement

2007-09-06 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For the purpose of context, we prefer the license text be posted in > full in a message in the discussion thread. I've done so in this > message. > > = > Monkey's Audio Source Code License Agreement > > License Agreement > > 1. The Monkey's Audio SDK

Re: Trademark scope (just for the record)

2007-09-06 Thread Steve Langasek
Rick, On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 08:25:30AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > > See http://bugs.debian.org/354622 for the full story. Sorry I didn't > > include that link before, I was lazy. > As usual for trademark claims, the complainer greatly overstates the > rights actually available to trademark owne

Re: Trademark scope (just for the record)

2007-09-06 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 08:25:30AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > > > As usual for trademark claims, the complainer greatly overstates the > > rights actually available to trademark owners[1]. Briefly stated, > > establishing a valid trademark entitles yo

Re: DFSG conform OSI licenses

2007-09-06 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Francesco Poli ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): [Comparison of DFSG and OSD:] > OSI based its OSD on the DFSG More specifically, Bruce Perens wrote the latter document first, and then copied it wholesale with trivial modifications to create the former ("The license" instead of "The license of a