Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted

2021-08-30 Thread Tobias Frost
Hi Andreas, On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 08:25:29AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > Hi, > > since this issue becomes complex I'd like to bring up it at debian-legal > list for advise. > > Kind regards > > Andreas. > (usual disclaimer: IANAL. This below is only are few cents and thought on the

Re: Acceptability of a documentation license for Debian

2021-08-30 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:16:57 -0400 Jeffrey H. Johnson wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm contacting the list to inquire regarding the acceptability > of the following proposed documentation license, as I'd like to > ensure that it will become be an impediment to having > documentation licensed under it

Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted

2021-08-30 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 08:08:26AM +0200, Ole Tange wrote: > > > > If you want to remove the citation notice ... > > nothing else gives you the right to change it. Can we ship GNU Parallel with a small wrapper that removes the notice? Being text-based, it would not modify the software at al

Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted

2021-08-30 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 06:18:20AM -0700, Felix Lechner wrote: > > Can we ship GNU Parallel with a small wrapper that removes the notice? > Being text-based, it would not modify the software at all. I am > thinking about something like: > > $ echo 'NOTICE: Wanted output.' | perl -pe '{ s/^NOTICE:

List of journal

2021-08-30 Thread Bastien ROUCARIES
Hi, Could you do a review of https://github.com/JabRef/abbrv.jabref.org/ ? I do not know the legal status of this kind of database Bastien

Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted

2021-08-30 Thread Ole Tange
On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM Andreas Tille wrote: : > I admit I also considered a wrapper but with a different functionality: > Simply check whether --citation was used before and if not do so. If you mean a wrapper similar to this, then that would be a compromise I can live with: if [ -t 2 -

Re: List of journal

2021-08-30 Thread Walter Landry
Bastien ROUCARIES writes: > Could you do a review of https://github.com/JabRef/abbrv.jabref.org/ ? > > I do not know the legal status of this kind of database According to https://github.com/JabRef/abbrv.jabref.org/blob/master/LICENSE.md it is covered by CC0, which is fine for Debian. Cheers,

Re: Acceptability of a documentation license for Debian

2021-08-30 Thread Jeffrey H. Johnson
I thank everyone for the feedback, Rather than address every individual point of the replies, or propose updated text, it might be most helpful to explain the intent. I absolutely will take into consideration and agree with comments and concerns regarding license proliferation. The documentation/

Re: Acceptability of a documentation license for Debian

2021-08-30 Thread Tobias Frost
On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 02:43:34PM -0400, Jeffrey H. Johnson wrote: (IANAL, IANFTPM (I am not ftp master), etc.) I hope you can really find a way to use a standard license. License profiliration is really becoming harmful to FOSS. ENOTIME for a complete reply to your mail, but two remarks: (..

Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted

2021-08-30 Thread Tobias Frost
On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 07:22:52PM +0200, Ole Tange wrote: > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM Andreas Tille wrote: > : > > I admit I also considered a wrapper but with a different functionality: > > Simply check whether --citation was used before and if not do so. > > If you mean a wrapper similar

Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted

2021-08-30 Thread Tobias Frost
On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 07:22:52PM +0200, Ole Tange wrote: > To me it would feel similar to a dialog box, where you have to click > "Don't show this again" to continue the first time. This is not that > uncommon in graphical tools, so there is some precedence for this. as explained earlier: click-