Re: Ian's DFSG2 would harm Debian and Free Software

1998-12-03 Thread Jens Ritter
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 3 Dec 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] > > How does the GPL endanger the original copyright or the continued freedom > > of that source? > > It isn't clear to me that it does. I am still looking for some expert > copyright lawyer to give me some gu

Re: Ian's DFSG2 would harm Debian and Free Software

1998-12-04 Thread Jens Ritter
On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 12:19:23AM +0100, Jens Ritter wrote: > > In Germany it is generally impossible to patent software. > > mpeg1, audio layer 3. AFAIK they only tried to enforce it outside of Germany. Note that a patent has to be

What is intern R & D? (was: Apple Public Source License)

1999-03-17 Thread Jens Ritter
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Is sha considered munition?

1999-04-07 Thread Jens Ritter
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Re: CDF ?

1999-06-07 Thread Jens Ritter
n this. Everyone is free to do what he likes with it (even selling and withholding the source is allowed). In addition I have heard that there cannot be a copyright on a file format (from the "ipix case" mentioned on slashdot recently). Jens P.S.: Please vote against Spam! At ht

Re: opencontent licence DFSG free?

1999-10-18 Thread Jens Ritter
m/catalog/debian/chapter/appf_01.html) Isn´t this an advertising clause like the BSD license had? This would be bad and make it non-free, doesn`t it? I wonder if it is enforceable, because every book has got 6 outer surfaces and its hard to get the information requested on the side which opens

Re: non-free, LZW, RSA, and mp3

1999-10-27 Thread Jens Ritter
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Re: bibindex should probably be GPLed.

2000-01-31 Thread Jens Ritter
domain. Which basically means that you can do anything with such a piece of software (even copyright it by yourself and sell it under NDAs and such). Releasing it under the GPL becomes an issue of politics (with regard to the upstream maintainers). Usual disclaimer: I am not a laywer, etc. No l