> However I don't think there is anything copyrightable in these files;
> they only contain series of numbers that describe the mappings. Do you
> people think it could be suitable for main?
> (Please follow-up on -legal only for licensing discussions.)
>
> Ondrej, are you willing - if the legal p
> However I don't think there is anything copyrightable in these files;
> they only contain series of numbers that describe the mappings.
I don't see any reason in principle why "series of numbers that
describe the mappings" couldn't be protected by copyright. Could you
provide more details of why
On 28/11/2007, Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Based on a quick look, these files establish a correspondence between
> different character set encodings. Copyright protects creative
> expression. What is the creative part of this mapping? I can see two
> possible bases: character sele
John Halton writes:
>> However I don't think there is anything copyrightable in these files;
>> they only contain series of numbers that describe the mappings.
>
> I don't see any reason in principle why "series of numbers that
> describe the mappings" couldn't be protected by copyright. Could you
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 02:43:34PM +, John Halton wrote:
> On 28/11/2007, Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Based on a quick look, these files establish a correspondence between
> > different character set encodings. Copyright protects creative
> > expression. What is the creative
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Olive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes
Arnoud Engelfriet wrote:
Tobias Toedter wrote:
Would it be possible for non-free programs to use that data (XML files
and translations) if iso-codes is licensed under GPL? Or would we need
to use the LGPL for this?
My first thou
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 01:33:07PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 02:43:34PM +, John Halton wrote:
> > On 28/11/2007, Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Based on a quick look, these files establish a correspondence between
> > > different character set encodi
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 01:33:07PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> FWIW, I believe a search of debian-legal archives will show that we've come
> to the same conclusion before about copyrightability of non-creative
> databases, and are already shipping a number of these in Debian.
Thanks, that's use
John Halton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks, that's useful to know. I'm still trying to get a feel for
> how Debian treats these cases where there is no express licence, how
> people weigh up the legal pros and cons.
Inconsistently :-)
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