Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Tristan Seligmann
* Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-30 16:01:07 +1100]: > Barry deFreese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On of the big things I need to know about are the copyright files. > > Upstream doesn't specify any years for Copyright that I can find. > > Copyright notices are only valid if they c

Re: [Fwd: Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV call for help.]

2008-01-30 Thread Michael Below
Am Mo 28 Jan 2008 09:25:21 CET schrieb Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I cannot speak to the British system, so John > my very well be right in that context, but in the United States the > critical question is whether the advice being given is of a specific > or general nature. In Germany the

Re: [Fwd: Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV call for help.]

2008-01-30 Thread Michael Below
Am Mo 28 Jan 2008 09:27:54 CET schrieb "John Halton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Perhaps first of all we need to ask if there is a legal system on > earth that would regard contributing to this mailing list as > constituting "legal advice" in the first place. Okay: Yes there is. At least the German on

Possible copyright issues

2008-01-30 Thread David Paleino
Hi *, I'm packaging a new software for the Debian-Med group, and the source shows this statement: /* This code may be used and modified for non-commercial purposes*/ /* but redistribution in any form requires written permission. */ This is clearly non-DFSG-free. I've

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Ben Finney
Tristan Seligmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Copyright notices are only valid if they contain all three of: > > > > * The word "Copyright" and/or the copyright symbol "©" > > * The year(s) the copyright began in the work > > * The name of the lega

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Ben Finney wrote: > My understanding is that a copyright declaration on the work makes it > easier to prove to a court that the recipient knows that the work *is* > copyrighted to the specified entity, and that the copyright is > current. "Furthermore, in the event that a work is infringed, if the

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Tristan Seligmann
* Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-30 15:57:06 +0100]: > Ben Finney wrote: > > My understanding is that a copyright declaration on the work makes it > > easier to prove to a court that the recipient knows that the work *is* > > copyrighted to the specified entity, and that the copyri

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Ben Finney
Tristan Seligmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hmm. This is frustrating, because on the one hand, it's probably > worth avoiding an "innocent infringement defense"; on the other > hand, updating copyright notices every year seems like a rather > tedious task that people typically don't ever get a

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Wednesday 30 January 2008 04:33:19 pm Tristan Seligmann wrote: > Hmm. This is frustrating, because on the one hand, it's probably worth > avoiding an "innocent infringement defense"; on the other hand, updating > copyright notices every year seems like a rather tedious task that > people typical

Re: Update

2008-01-30 Thread UPDATE

non-free application linked to Qt.

2008-01-30 Thread Charles Plessy
Dear debian-legal, A non-free program for which I maintain a package has changed its UI toolkit from lesstif to Qt. The program is free for non-commercial use, and upstream payed for a Qt licence. I understand that producing binaries within Debian would be an infringement of the Qt licence. Upstre

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