Re: [no subject]

2005-11-03 Thread Andrew Donnellan
or most documents, source code is pretty easy to define: images, your XCF or PSD source (if you happen to use those formats), sound, your editor's project file, text, your word processor or TeX source. Andrew Donnellan -- This space for rent. Enquire within. Terms and conditions apply. See store for details. Get free domains - http://www.ezyrewards.com/?id=23484

Re: dual licensing (was: Re: [no subject])

2005-11-04 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 11/5/05, Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 06:28:02PM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > On 11/4/05, Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Emmanuel Colbus wrote: > > > > My main concern about this was that

Re: dual licensing (was: Re: [no subject])

2005-11-04 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Just to make myself clear: if you can't determine sourcecode you still can't release under the GPL, even if you dual-license. Andrew On 11/5/05, Arc Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 06:47:03AM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > > > >

Re: dual licensing (was: Re: [no subject])

2005-11-04 Thread Andrew Donnellan
The GPL is not a contract, but one clause states that there must be source code provided, so while a copyright holder can violate the GPL by releasing under a different license, but the copyright holder can't release under the GPL and at the same time violate the GPL. Andrew On 11/5/05, Arc <[EMA

Re: dual licensing (was: Re: [no subject])

2005-11-04 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 11/5/05, Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I don't understand the relevance. The preamble explains the FSF's > goals in the GPL; it doesn't make promises on behalf of the licensor. > > If you did manage to convince people that the GPL could be used as a stick > against the copyr

Re: dual licensing

2005-11-04 Thread Andrew Donnellan
rce as long as the program doesn't contain other GPL code. However person B could begin legal action over a misleading deal. Andrew On 11/5/05, Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 11:30:03PM -0600, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > > On 11/4/05, He

Re: dual licensing (was: Re: [no subject])

2005-11-06 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Yes. I meant the copyright holder. Andrew On 11/6/05, Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 01:28:36AM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > > I mean the *developer* must comply with both licenses, eg if you d/l > > > under the GPL and MIT, then the developer must still put

Re: data on the consultants page

2005-11-06 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Is this spam email spam? I would think that you couldn't really copyright an email address. And who exactly is this spam from? If they are requesting something they should be traceable. Also, are other consultants getting the same? Is it really spam, or just heaps of inappropriate requests? Andrew

Re: KJV Bible - Crown Copyright in UK [was: Bug#338077: ITP: sword-text-kvj -- King James Version with Strongs Numbers and Morphology]

2005-11-08 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Does the crown copyright on the KJV affect other Commonwealth countries e.g. Australia? Down here we have a Crown copyright law and that covers *some* government material, including electoral information, the NSW Higher School Certificate and a lot of other things. Would British Crown Copyright doc

Re: Finjan NG5000 Web Proxy

2005-11-09 Thread Andrew Donnellan
I've emailed finjan software asking for them to put the sourcecode up. andrew On 11/10/05, Alan Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > I can't find any mention of Debian in the documentation or their website > > > > There's no need for them to

Re: Finjan NG5000 Web Proxy

2005-11-09 Thread Andrew Donnellan
I'll put any response on-list. Also, yes, I have seen GPL Violations. I will contact them if finjan doesn't respond. Andrew On 11/10/05, Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > I've emailed finjan software aski

Re: KJV Bible - Crown Copyright in UK and Commonwealth

2005-11-09 Thread Andrew Donnellan
under crown copyright, because if there was no crown copyright, then the government would hold normal copyright instead. What's the situation in the UK? Andrew On 11/10/05, Lionel Elie Mamane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 05:43:33PM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote:

Re: sword-text-kjv - King James Version and Royal Letters Patent

2005-11-10 Thread Andrew Donnellan
As the KJV was crown copyrighted in the 1600s, section 171 states that unless crown privilege is explicitly repealed, the act does not affect it. According to Wikipedia the printing of the KJV is heavily controlled by several institutions, eg Cambridge uni and oxford. Maybe they could be contacte

Re: KJV Bible - Crown Copyright in UK [was: Bug#338077: ITP: sword-text-kvj -- King James Version with Strongs Numbers and Morphology]

2005-11-11 Thread Andrew Donnellan
> And your argument is flawed. God himself didn't directly author any > part of the Bible at all. ;-) According to Christian doctrine, God > *inspired* various people to write the *entire Bible*. According to > Jewish doctrine, the same holds true for the Torah. > > The KJV of the Bible was orig

Re: data on the consultants page

2005-11-16 Thread Andrew Donnellan
en manually sent. I would just ignore it. Andrew On 11/17/05, Thomas Huriaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (07/11/2005): > > Is this spam email spam? I would think that you couldn't really > > copyright an email address. And

Re: data on the consultants page

2005-11-16 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 11/17/05, Benjamin Seidenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought spam was unsolicited email, automatic or not? > > Cheers, > Benjamin This would mean most email is spam, because most email is unsolicited. However it's not spam because I agree to receive emails. According to the Australia

Re: Releasing SW under GPL

2005-11-16 Thread Andrew Donnellan
> - Which text to include in the files? Is the following OK? > * Author: xx yy > * Copyright : xx yy, 2000-2005 > * License : GNU GPLv2 or later > * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as

Re: Linking clause deleted from GNAT GPL

2005-11-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 11/22/05, Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These sloppities lend support to the hypothesis that the exception was > not drafted by the FSF's usual license advisors. Is it really FSF > software? > Don't think so. For two main reasons: 1. GNU doesn't always mean FSF. Most GNU proje

Re: ***SPAM*** Debian in e-shop

2005-11-22 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Here are the requirements of the GPL: You must either distribute the source code with the binaries, or you must provide a written offer, for at least 3 years, that you will post them the source code for ONLY the cost of media/shipping. Images: There are a lot on the CD images page. See them. And

Re: Finjan NG5000 Web Proxy

2005-11-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
So far: no response. Has anyone else had any luck getting info from them? andrew On 11/10/05, Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll put any response on-list. > > Also, yes, I have seen GPL Violations. I will contact them if finjan > doesn't respond

Re: Linking clause deleted from GNAT GPL

2005-11-24 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 11/24/05, Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scripsit Andrew Donnellan > > On 11/23/05, Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Scripsit Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In what way? The clause means the license of GNAT

Re: Linking clause deleted from GNAT GPL

2005-11-25 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 11/25/05, Brian M. Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 24 November 2005 20:42, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > On 11/24/05, Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- snip -- > I don't think you understand. The restriction is on the removal of the

Re: Potential debian logo license violation

2005-11-27 Thread Andrew Donnellan
The outer ring of the spiral seems a fair bit wider than the Debian logo. It seems to be just a textured spiral to me. Andrew On 11/28/05, Giannis Beredimas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Yesterday I stumbled upon the site of Greece Information Society > (http://www.infosoc.gr) and f

Re: Potential debian logo license violation

2005-11-27 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 11/28/05, Måns Rullgård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Giannis Beredimas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > There are similarities in the shape that has been rolled up to form > the spiral. The spiral itself differs, though. The Greek spiral has > about 2.5 revolutions, while the Debial logo has

Re: [Pkg-octave-devel] BSD-licensed upstream tarball but needs form filled

2005-11-29 Thread Andrew Donnellan
The webforms are compulsory *for downloading the software from their site*. Doesn't affect the package in any way at all though. andrew On 11/30/05, Andrey Romanenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > On Tuesday 29 November 2005 16:52, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > > We are seeking advice on h

Re: U.S. Export restriction for Debian

2005-12-15 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Yes, as far as I know. Which is why we have servers all over the world (USA, NL, DE, AU, etc.) where there are less restrictions :) andrew On 12/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a question about the standard Debian Distribution in relation to the > U.S. E

Re: License of coq documentation

2005-12-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 12/20/05, Samuel Mimram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear debian-legal, > > [Please keep Hugo and I in CC, we're not subscribed to the list] > > I have two questions for you. > > 1. Coq upstream has agreed to put a license on the documentation > (reproduced at the end of the mail). This would cl

Re: gif and what not

2005-12-22 Thread Andrew Donnellan
In some countries the LZW patent has expired. In 2006, I believe, the rest of the patents expire. I think the software can be safely packaged by now. andrew On 12/23/05, Gürkan Sengün <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > > please can you comment these two? > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-wnpp/200

Re: kaid license non-free?

2005-12-22 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 12/21/05, Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scripsit Cameron Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Any form of redistribution which connects to the published Team XLink > > Orbital Server list resource, for Orbital Server aquisition, or otherwise, > > or which interoperates with any exis

Re: kaid license non-free?

2005-12-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
. andrew On 12/23/05, Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 06:19:00PM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > > > * Any form of redistribution which connects to the published Team > > > > XLink > > > > Orbital Server lis

Re: Is libreludedb DFSG compliant?

2005-12-29 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Just say that it is licensed under the GPL and say that if you want to use it in proprietary stuff then pay for a license. e.g. this program is free software - you can redistribute and/or modify it etc etc. If you want to use libpreludedb in a proprietary application contact us for a license. an

Re: the FSF's GPLv3 launch conference

2006-01-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ks, but not on collective works. Beyond > this fairly clear risk is any additional court finding concerning the > GPL, for no one ever really knows what a court will decide. > > In any case the GPL will have been exposed as a paper tiger, the > result of a too-wide stretchin

Re: the FSF's GPLv3 launch conference

2006-01-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 1/8/06, Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/7/06, Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That would be *really* easy to do. To relicense the > > entire GPL codebase would mean every contributor to every GPL project > > would have to

Re: the FSF's GPLv3 launch conference

2006-01-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
the program to me, but you will have to delete all of your own copies. This discussion is quite irrelevant - Alexander, if you have any problems with the GPL that you want to be fixed, ask for them to be discussed at the GPL3 conference. That's what it's for. andrew > > regards,

Re: the FSF's GPLv3 launch conference

2006-01-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
-in-exchange unilateral permission to prepare derivative works > and make copies, now it's time for 17 USC 109, dear Prof. Moglen. > > regards, > alexander. > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: Triple licenses?

2006-01-08 Thread Andrew Donnellan
hed file). Does this > mean I need to triple license this? What should I put in the Debian > copyright file? > > Thanks for taking the time, > > Cameron Dale > > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: the FSF's GPLv3 launch conference

2006-01-08 Thread Andrew Donnellan
not a free license. > > Who cares about your bet... but free as in what, BTW? > > regards, > alexander. > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - http:

Re: BOLA licence (darcsweb): free or not?

2006-01-08 Thread Andrew Donnellan
It is public domain with a request to share modifications and share for free. So it is DFSG-free. Andrew On 1/9/06, Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems DFSG-free to me but who knows? > > > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://

Re: Packaging YICS

2006-01-08 Thread Andrew Donnellan
27;t tried to hide from Yahoo!. > > My site doesn't use a dark color scheme like the "hacker" sites, either. > > But seriously, what do you think? > > > -- > Chris Howie > http://www.chrishowie.com > > -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- > V

Re: Packaging YICS

2006-01-09 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 1/9/06, Chris Howie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > I think that you could package the software, but it wouldn't be very > > useful as anyone who uses it is violating the TOS. But if you can > > create a server package for it, it

Re: the FSF's GPLv3 launch conference

2006-01-09 Thread Andrew Donnellan
inks AFL and OSL are free, but very inconvienient (e.g. the OSL's assent provision). andrew On 1/9/06, Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 09:41:39PM +0100, Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > On 1/8/06, Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Packaging YICS

2006-01-09 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Don't know. I don't know what that package does, and as p.d.o is currently down I can't find out. Sorry. Andrew On 1/10/06, Chris Howie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > Not an interface that Yahoo provides. More an interface that Yahoo &g

Re: Distributing GPL software.

2006-01-11 Thread Andrew Donnellan
x27;d still like to comply with the GPL. > > Thanks for the help. > > Cheers, > Daniel. > -- > /\/`) http://oooauthors.org > /\/_/ http://opendocumentfellowship.org > /\/_/ > \/_/I am not over-weight, I am under-tall. > / > > &g

Re: Distributing GPL software.

2006-01-11 Thread Andrew Donnellan
n distribution take? > > Cheers, > Daniel. > -- > /\/`) http://oooauthors.org > /\/_/ http://opendocumentfellowship.org > /\/_/ > \/_/I am not over-weight, I am under-tall. > / > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: FYI, kernel firmware non-freeness discussions

2006-01-14 Thread Andrew Donnellan
g of value would be involved. > > Nah, that's for kids. Out in Australia you have to have a licence to do that. Andrew > > regards, > alexander. > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: FYI, kernel firmware non-freeness discussions

2006-01-15 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ister with every state. Andrew On 1/15/06, Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/14/06, Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1/15/06, Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 1/14/06, Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Translation of a license

2006-01-15 Thread Andrew Donnellan
> (/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL) which is in English. The translation would > only apply to the informational text above, leaving the full license > intact. > > Would this already qualify as "re-licensing", which we obviously cannot do? > Or merely a help to better

Re: Translation of a license

2006-01-15 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Yes. andrew On 1/16/06, Tobias Toedter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 15 January 2006 21:12, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > I think you can, except the FSF requires that you place a notice, in > > English, saying 'This is an unofficial translation and the original

Re: GPL v3 Draft

2006-01-16 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ry scripts for Perl, Python, PHP, etc., which are not in violation. Andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get f

Re: GPL v3 Draft

2006-01-16 Thread Andrew Donnellan
a Palm III or something that does not have any of the network components available anymore. It does pose problems for Debian too. Andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - htt

Re: Translation of a license

2006-01-16 Thread Andrew Donnellan
of the notice. There seems to be nothing > in 2(c) that implies that the notice cannot be given in the user's > preferred language. You could include a copy of the license notice in English and and allow them to both be viewed. I think that is safest. Andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andr

Re: GPL v3 Draft

2006-01-16 Thread Andrew Donnellan
> remember, I think it's cuba, iran, etc.) will be free in the US, but non > free in the rest of the world, where no such clause are mandatory, but > where adding it constitutes a *discrimination against some part of the > population* ? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: GPL v3 Draft

2006-01-17 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ugh a computer network to request immediate transmission by > HTTP of the complete source code of your modified version or other > derivative work. The affero clause seems to indicate that it only has to allow download if the program is designed to run over a network - but what

Re: Distributing GPL software.

2006-01-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
icense agreement > (let's assume acceptance arguendo) and is as irrelevant as another > part ("#SEC4" link you seem to like so much) that follows the T&C. > > regards, > alexander. > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jab

Re: Moglen's "all good faith"

2006-01-19 Thread Andrew Donnellan
far as the kernel > > is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not > > v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated. > > And how does that make it "impure" GPL? Permission to relicense > under revised later versions is not par

Re: Anti-DMCA clause (was Re: GPL v3 Draft

2006-01-19 Thread Andrew Donnellan
it is designed as a personal privacy program rather than a copyright enforcement program. andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user -

Re: Moglen's "all good faith"

2006-01-19 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 1/20/06, Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/20/06, Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are some (bad) parts in the linux kernel that are not GPL, and > > even some parts which could be considered non-free. Look through the &g

Re: GR: GFDL Position Statement

2006-01-19 Thread Andrew Donnellan
, the > > preferred form for making modification to xblast graphics is the > > corresponding povray files (unless they are on their turn automatically > > generated from something else...). > > One useful point here is that there exist Free renderers for POVRay > files, such as

Re: GR: GFDL Position Statement

2006-01-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ay's > objects/textures/etc. > > -- > bye, > pabs > > http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQBD0crJ5Sc9mGvjxCMRAnIpAJ9e7IsFPVlljyOp5Nt8qvmH6xQrcwCgzawC > xo7+d7Lue8bRezAagKlv7FY=

Re: Ironies abound

2006-01-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
gt; Well, the definitely filed for it. Go to > http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm, click on "SEARCH trademarks", > then "New User Search (Basic)", then search for 73478133 is "serial or > registration number" > > It says there that it was "aband

Re: Adobe open source license -- is this licence free?

2006-01-25 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ai raisonnable apr�s en avoir �t� inform�. En cas > de > r�silitation de tous vos droits pr�vus dans le pr�sent Contrat, vous vous > engagez � ne plus utiliser et distribuer le Logiciel et la Documentation d�s > que > cela sera raisonnablement possible. > > 6. DROIT APPLICABLE ET A

Re: Adobe open source license -- is this licence free?

2006-01-25 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 1/26/06, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:30:32 +0100 Achim Bohnet wrote: > > > You may not modify the Documentation. > > As already pointed out by Andrew Donnellan, Documentation is non-free: > it actually fails DFSG#3. > &g

Re: Adobe open source license -- is this licence free?

2006-01-28 Thread Andrew Donnellan
minor discrimination, and not one which I think deserves so much attention. andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.

Re: GR proposal: GFDL with no Invariant Sections is free

2006-01-30 Thread Andrew Donnellan
n > of a few which appear to go to /dev/null. > > The FSF is, bizarrely, a top-down autocratic organization, with all the flaws > that implies. Debian isn't, with all the benefits and flaws that implies. > Let's face it: Debian wouldn't exist without the FSF. -- Andrew Donnell

Squiz.net Open Source License - is it free?

2006-02-02 Thread Andrew Donnellan
; (b) You initiate or threaten legal proceedings of any kind against Squiz.Net; (c) Squiz.Net provides you with the Software under another licence, for example a newer version of this Licence, and you agree to be bound by its terms; or (d) You and Squiz.Net agree in writing. In the

Re: Squiz.net Open Source License - is it free?

2006-02-03 Thread Andrew Donnellan
> > On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 11:47:39AM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > (a) You must not introduce any virus, worm, trojan horse or malicious > > code into the Software; > > Free Software must allow transforming the software in any way, even ones > which the author

Re: PHP License for PHP Group packages

2006-02-03 Thread Andrew Donnellan
) "because it's non-free". That's not a very > persuasive argument. :) > > -- > Glenn Maynard > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Andrew Donn

Re: PHP License for PHP Group packages

2006-02-03 Thread Andrew Donnellan
MAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 12:32:25PM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > > That's a matter of perspective, of course--Subversion is more important > > > to me. > > > > Ever heard of G/LAMP? (GNU/Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl) PHP

Re: Squiz.net Open Source License - is it free?

2006-02-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
- > National Manager - Special Projects > > < Sydney / Melbourne / Canberra / Hobart / London /> >2/340 Gore Street T: +61 (0) 3 9486 0411 >Fitzroy, VIC F: +61 (0) 3 9486 0611 >3202 W: http://www.squiz.net/ > > .>> Open S

Re: PHP License for PHP Group packages

2006-02-11 Thread Andrew Donnellan
>On 10553 March 1977, Charles Fry wrote: What the? andrew

Re: FYI, kernel firmware non-freeness discussions

2006-02-16 Thread Andrew Donnellan
y exempt from State or Territory law. Conversely, a service may be prohibited under the Commonwealth Act, even if it is licensed or authorised under State or Territory law." - and in NSW you need a permit. andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blog

Re: Missing documentation for autoconf

2006-02-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ot;, such as > autoconf-doc. The following (untested) snippet should work: > > Package: * > Pin: release c=non-free > Pin-Priority: -1 > > Package: autoconf-doc > Pin: release c=non-free > Pin-Priority: 500 > > - Josh Triplett > > > > -- Andrew D

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-11 Thread Andrew Donnellan
OTNOTES_ > >0. Foundation documents are best not amended via hand waving but > rather via clear changes; I have no idea how we'd continue to vet > licenses had the hand-waving passed. >1. Not technically, but practically: -legal can't be overridden by GR >

Re: Interpretation of the GFDL in light of the recent GR

2006-03-17 Thread Andrew Donnellan
asures" as used in GFDL 2's "you may Don't you mean 1.2? andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://deb

Re: GPL v3 possible issues.

2006-03-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
åns Rullgård > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
.org.uk/ > > PGP key id 5EA01078 > 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonn

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
> /* 1.297 */ errmsgno(EX_BAD, > /* 1.297 */ "original source from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/\n";); > > } > #endif > } > ---END QUOTE--- > > For completeness, here's GPL 2c: > > ---BEGIN QUOTE--- > c) If the modified pro

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 3/19/06, Måns Rullgård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Andrew Donnellan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Why is he quoting the GPL *preamble*? Preambles aren't supposed to > > have legal effect, are they? > > I guess JS is as thoroughly c

Re: dpkg support for solaris-i386 architecture

2006-04-06 Thread Andrew Donnellan
s Sun wouldn't like it). Also considering the recent debate on the MPL would the CDDL even be considered free? andrew On 4/7/06, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The language in the GPL seems quite ambiguous;

Re: dpkg support for solaris-i386 architecture

2006-04-06 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Or as Wouter pointed out on d-d port glibc. andrew On 4/7/06, Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (d-l may give advice) > > So now that's sorted out really Nexenta needs an exemption from > *every* copyright holder in dpkg, gcc, binutils, apt, coreutils, etc. &g

Re: dpkg support for solaris-i386 architecture

2006-04-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
I suppose porting glibc is quite important because it also minimises the porting of everything else that may need to be adapted. andrew On 4/7/06, Martin Wuertele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-06 23:19]: > > > Or as Wouter

Re: clarification of doc licensing for db3/db4.2

2006-04-09 Thread Andrew Donnellan
mike > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL

Re: What does "disclaiming a copyright mean"?

2006-04-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
; > Thank you a lot for your help, > > -- > Charles Plessy > Wako, Saitama, Japon > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnell

Re: What does "disclaiming a copyright mean"?

2006-04-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 4/19/06, Seth David Schoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Donnellan writes: > > > Disclaiming a copyright means releasing into the public domain. (as in > > no copyright at all). IANAL, but looking at what the license file > > says, I would assume it to be cop

Re: software released into public domain

2006-04-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
d a second opinion before raising the question to > the development board of the software. > > Thanks, > > Roland > > > > -- > -- > Roland Marcus Rutschmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: Proposed plan (and license) for the webpage relicensing

2006-04-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ngers that we will not have to change it in > > the future). We should also probably have to change the (c) portion to > > list people that have contributed in the site or, at the very least, > > say that SPI is not the (c) holder. > > Listing contributors would be nice. > It must be done

Re: Apache license 1.1 for non-Apache software

2006-04-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
orde project software is licensed under the GPL, the main exception being the framework itself which is LGPL. According to the SVN repository some people were confused and said in README files and other files that Forwards was GPL. andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux

Re: Proposed plan (and license) for the webpage relicensing

2006-04-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 4/21/06, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:52:47 +1000 Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > > On 4/21/06, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > How about saying "either first or last lines"? > > > > &g

Re: Proposed plan (and license) for the webpage relicensing

2006-04-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 4/22/06, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:54:48 +1000 Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > > On 4/21/06, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:52:47 +1000 Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > > > >

Re: A GPL-compatible license for photos and music. Which?

2006-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
r fork+exec) to run non-GPL programs because > it's a separated work. Why fopen("xxx.png") is not a separated work? > > > > -- > PaulLiu(Ying-Chun Liu) > E-mail address:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- And

Re: A GPL-compatible license for photos and music. Which?

2006-04-24 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Yes, combine not distribute. Sorry. andrew On 4/24/06, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Of course GPL programs can *open* CC graphics, it's just you cannot > > *distribute* CC graphics with them if you want to be GPL-

Re: [Fwd: Re: gnome-themes and licensing]

2006-04-27 Thread Andrew Donnellan
were raised with 2.0 and which are still present in 2.5. > > Do you happen to know if there is any time scale for 3.0? I'd really > like to get started on revamping gnome-themes, but I can't do it unless > I can distribute the themes under a more appropriate license. If it'

Re: Free Art License [was: Re: [Fwd: Re: gnome-themes and licensing]]

2006-04-27 Thread Andrew Donnellan
wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:54:53 +1000 Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > > There is a license called the Free Art license, I don't know if that > > is DFSG-free. > > Here's the text, taken from http://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/ > > > > Free Art License >

Re: Bug#346354: Is distribution of the maxdb-doc package a GPL violation?

2006-05-11 Thread Andrew Donnellan
eam to release the Word docs! andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id

Re: Against DRM 2.0

2006-05-19 Thread Andrew Donnellan
. How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - http://l

Re: Against DRM 2.0

2006-05-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
/06, Max Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The license does not treat software: you cannot value the license on the basis of Debian Free Software Guidelines. ;-) However, where can I read that Debian requires *everything*, not just software, to be DFSG-free?? A link, please. Max

Re: Against DRM 2.0

2006-05-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
;-) Why do we need them? 3. Question: is there a lawyer here?? AFAIK there are some who are occasional contributors. Most of us aren't lawyers, we're just interested in law. andrew Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1. PLEASE stop sending HTML. 2. GR-2004-003 changes

Re: Against DRM 2.0

2006-05-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
tion. DFSG speak only about software, software and software. Max Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/20/06, Max Brown wrote: > 1. Ok: how? I use "Yahoo! Mail". Found on http://expita.com/nomime.html: "If using IE (not available in Netscape and other browse

Re: Against DRM 2.0

2006-05-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ut Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http:

Re: Against DRM 2.0

2006-05-25 Thread Andrew Donnellan
t. Want a lawyer? Look in the phone directory and get out the credit card. Lawyers don't care about freedom, you don't seem to, the rest of debian-legal does. I wish mailing lists had moderation like Slashdot. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux

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