Re: Licensing question

2014-07-11 Thread Eric Maeker
> Ask upstream for clarification. Ok. Is there a french mentor in the list who sangs to manage this ? I can help but as I'm not a debian guru I'm afraid not to to be able to ask the good questions and get the wrong answers. If you drive me, I can write a letter to ask for specific clarificati

Re: Licensing question

2014-07-11 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 08:18:06AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Hi all, > > the essence of my conclusion in 2012 was: “in doubt, ask Upstream”. Sorry > that > it was not clear. Also, if after reading the email of Jonathan Keller in the > same thread you still have no doubts, go ahead with you

Re: Licensing question

2014-07-11 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:21:24AM -0400, Paul Tagliamonte a écrit : > > I'll of course defer to Charles' ability to understand french, so > working from the English translation (which is to say, I might be > missing something), I don't see the same issues he does. > > Both the ISC and MIT/Expat

Re: Licensing question

2014-07-11 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 04:03:26PM +0200, Eric Maeker wrote: > Thanks Guido, > > I've read the thread. I think we should include this complex discussion > inside the Debian wiki. > > If I've clearly understood, a package that would contain any data with > this licence would not be elligible to th

Re: Licensing question

2014-07-11 Thread Eric Maeker
Le 11/07/2014 15:33, Guido van Steen a écrit : > Hi Eric, > > It looks like your question has been discussed before: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2012/12/msg00020.html > > In the thread Charles Plessy argues that the licence seems to lack the > right to "disseminate modified informatio

Re: Licensing question

2014-07-11 Thread Guido van Steen
Hi Eric, It looks like your question has been discussed before: https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2012/12/msg00020.html In the thread Charles Plessy argues that the licence seems to lack the right to "disseminate modified information", which would make it non-free from a Debian perspective. C

Licensing question

2014-07-11 Thread Eric Maeker
Dear Mentors, I'd like to include in a GPLv3 / LGPL2.1 application some data extracted from a french OpenData website. I can't find the licence in the Debian compatible licences: https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses Can you please state about this licence: http://wiki.data.gouv.fr/imag

Re: Licensing question

2011-05-20 Thread Elías Alejandro
Ok, thanks a lot for your answers. Best regards, -- Elías -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110520192329.GA10215@debianero

Re: Licensing question

2011-05-19 Thread Josue Abarca
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 06:38:54PM -0400, Luke Faraone wrote: > On 05/18/2011 02:15 PM, Elías Alejandro wrote: > > Hi all, > > I want your advices about a package that requires in its new > > upstream release, as build dependency: libcurl4-openssl-dev > > Previous releases was built with libcurl4-

Re: Licensing question

2011-05-19 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 06:18:17PM -0500, Elías Alejandro wrote: > > If you link against code which links against OpenSSL, IANAL, but I think > > you also need to have the exception in your own code. > So you mean add this exception in debian/copyright? No, you can't change the upstream license. I

Re: Licensing question

2011-05-18 Thread Alessio Treglia
2011/5/18 Elías Alejandro : > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 06:38:54PM -0400, Luke Faraone wrote: >> If you link against code which links against OpenSSL, IANAL, but I think >> you also need to have the exception in your own code. >> > So you mean add this exception in debian/copyright? according[1] poin

Re: Licensing question

2011-05-18 Thread Elías Alejandro
Hi, First, thanks for your answer. On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 06:38:54PM -0400, Luke Faraone wrote: > If you link against code which links against OpenSSL, IANAL, but I think > you also need to have the exception in your own code. > So you mean add this exception in debian/copyright? according[1] p

Re: Licensing question

2011-05-18 Thread Luke Faraone
On 05/18/2011 02:15 PM, Elías Alejandro wrote: > Hi all, > I want your advices about a package that requires in its new > upstream release, as build dependency: libcurl4-openssl-dev > Previous releases was built with libcurl4-gnutls-dev and packaging > under GPL-3. > So, If there any licence issue

Licensing question

2011-05-18 Thread Elías Alejandro
Hi all, I want your advices about a package that requires in its new upstream release, as build dependency: libcurl4-openssl-dev Previous releases was built with libcurl4-gnutls-dev and packaging under GPL-3. So, If there any licence issue if it is compiled with libcurl4-openssl-dev instead of lib

Off-topic was: Re: Licensing question

1999-02-22 Thread John Hasler
George Bonser writes: > Because if they try to sell SuperCahsier E-Commerce Solutions to people > they will also have to provide them with the source code ... which means > that the purchaser can in turn resell it at a lower cost. As long as they > are selling the SERVICE they are safe. No they ar

Re: Licensing question

1999-02-22 Thread John Hasler
George Bonser writes: > So you sell them the binary for $250,000 but license it under GPL. This > means that if they EVER provide ANYONE a binary, they also must provide > the source code. This is a strong deterrant that will likely prevent them > from ever redistributing the binary (to keep the so

Re: Licensing question

1999-02-22 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Shaleh wrote: > > 5. For commercial use of this software, you may charge for the > >installation and/or management, but not for the software > >itself. Usage in a commercial service must display the > >copyright prominently. > > GPL says you may charge for media, not the software,

Re: Licensing question

1999-02-20 Thread Remco van de Meent
Shaleh wrote: [MajorCool license] > This is like the artistic license perl uses, and the whole license in general > is similar. > > Permission to redistribute is needed though, do not see him being against > this. Okay, thanks for your help (and the help from others). I sent the upstream auth

RE: Licensing question

1999-02-19 Thread Shaleh
On 19-Feb-99 Remco van de Meent wrote: > Hi, > > Would this license (the one that comes with MajorCool, a webinterface to the > Majordomo package) fit in non-free? I think so, right? Actually sounds ok to me. > > --- > THE "NO-FRILLS"

Re: Licensing question

1999-02-19 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 01:59:30PM +0100, Remco van de Meent wrote: > Would this license (the one that comes with MajorCool, a webinterface to the > Majordomo package) fit in non-free? I think so, right? It sure can go to non-free, but what about main? Look: > 4. Non-commercial use of this softwa

Re: Licensing question

1999-02-19 Thread Jules Bean
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Remco van de Meent wrote: > Hi, > > Would this license (the one that comes with MajorCool, a webinterface to the > Majordomo package) fit in non-free? I think so, right? > > --- > THE "NO-FRILLS" LICENSING AGREEMENT

Licensing question

1999-02-19 Thread Remco van de Meent
Hi, Would this license (the one that comes with MajorCool, a webinterface to the Majordomo package) fit in non-free? I think so, right? --- THE "NO-FRILLS" LICENSING AGREEMENT 1. This software is copyright the author and NCR Corp. 2. Ma