Re: The legality of cdrecord

2007-11-07 Thread Joerg Schilling
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 08:38:39PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > >I talked to someone on IRC and looks like the only license issue concerns > > >mkisofs. This links to both GPL and CDDL code and this is illegal. > > > This is of course a lie: > >

Re: The legality of cdrecord

2007-11-07 Thread John Halton
On 07/11/2007, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > GPL forbids GPL code to > > > appear inside non-GPL project, but it allows non-GPL code to appear in GPL > > > projects. As has been said already, the GPL does allow non-GPL code to appear in GPL projects, but it requires that code th

Re: GPL 3 and derivatives

2007-11-07 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Wednesday 07 November 2007 05:44:02 am John Halton wrote: > Incidentally, are there any other actual lawyers who participate on > this mailing list? Anyone want to show themselves...? Sure, I'll pipe up. I'm licensed in the State of California, but don't practice, having decided to stick with

Re: GPL 3 and derivatives

2007-11-07 Thread John Halton
On 07/11/2007, Shriramana Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First time I've seen TINLA used with IAAL instead of IANAL. Well, really it's the IAALs who need to worry about making that clear more than the IANALs. > :) Hello John, nice to meet you. Thanks for the welcome. :-) Incidentally, are

Re: GPL 3 and derivatives

2007-11-07 Thread Shriramana Sharma
John Halton wrote: (IAAL but TINLA) First time I've seen TINLA used with IAAL instead of IANAL. :) Hello John, nice to meet you. Shriramana Sharma. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The legality of cdrecord

2007-11-07 Thread Ian Jackson
Joerg Schilling writes ("Re: The legality of cdrecord"): > This is of course a lie: You should disregard everything Joerg Schilling writes about licences. He is a well-known kook on the subject, and we (Debian) have had considerable trouble with him before. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: Applications linking against GPLv2 only libqt3/libqt4 and [L]GPLv3+ libraries

2007-11-07 Thread Ian Jackson
Richard Guenther writes ("Applications linking against GPLv2 only libqt3/libqt4 and [L]GPLv3+ libraries"): > With the last version updates both libgsl0ldbl and libgmp3c2 became > GPLv3+ respective LGPLv3+. But there exist numerous applications > linking against one of these libraries, simultaneo

Re: The legality of cdrecord

2007-11-07 Thread John Halton
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 03:57:18PM +0100, Alexander Terekhov wrote: > On 11/7/07, John Halton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > I'd be interested to know which "lawyer statements" you are referring > > to (genuine question - feel free to mail me the details off-list if > > you've previously po

Re: GPL 3 and derivatives

2007-11-07 Thread Shriramana Sharma
Sean Kellogg wrote: and apply the more vague clauses of the DFSG. What vague clauses of the DFSG? Shriramana. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GPL 3 and derivatives

2007-11-07 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Wednesday 07 November 2007 03:30:37 pm Shriramana Sharma wrote: > Sean Kellogg wrote: > > and apply the more vague clauses of the DFSG. > > What vague clauses of the DFSG? Oh... no you don't :) I'm not getting drawn into the fight without at least some sort of grounded facts. Debates abou