Re: Request for GR: clarifying the license text licensing / freeness issue

2007-04-18 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:06:22 +0100 (BST) MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > > Are there many other greynesses in how the SC and the DFSG are > > interpreted? > > Amazingly few, but yes, [...] > Licences are another type of greyness: unlike M

Re: Request for GR: clarifying the license text licensing / freeness issue

2007-04-17 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:51:15 +0100 (BST) MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:11:52 +0100 (BST) MJ Ray wrote: [...] > > > Has it? I've seen a few people write down this assumption, but > > > I've usually disagr

Re: Request for GR: clarifying the license text licensing / freeness issue

2007-04-16 Thread Francesco Poli
;s part of > the licence'), just like some use the current non-free logo licences > to argue for inclusion of their non-free logos. I'm afraid you need it, even though I would be much happier should I be proved wrong! ;-) -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/etch_workstation_

Re: Question to all the candidates: please explain GR-2006-001

2007-03-16 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:22:36 +0100 Julien Cristau wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 15:58:00 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 11:48:43PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > > To all candidates who wish to respond: > > > > > How d

Question to all the candidates: please explain GR-2006-001

2007-03-15 Thread Francesco Poli
/vote_001 P.S.: Please Cc: me on replies, as I am not a list subscriber. Thanks. -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/etch_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian etch installation walk-through? ..... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr ==

Re: Kernel Firmware issue: are GPLed sourceless firmwares legal to distribute ?

2006-10-18 Thread Francesco Poli
But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ . Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpR2Y3Eojese.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Question about GR-2006-004

2006-10-10 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 21:43:55 -0700 Don Armstrong wrote: > > On Mon, 09 Oct 2006, Francesco Poli wrote: > > OK, but reaffirming the literal meaning of DFSG#2 now does not help > > a future discussion where the DFSG will hopefully be changed to > > unambiguously affect all

Re: Question about GR-2006-004

2006-10-09 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 13:03:33 -0700 Don Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, 08 Oct 2006, Francesco Poli wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 23:04:21 -0700 Don Armstrong wrote: > > > Thus, the proposal very carefully walks the line that the DFSG > > > currently walks. Whether the DFSG sh

Re: Question about GR-2006-004

2006-10-08 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 23:04:21 -0700 Don Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, 08 Oct 2006, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > In other words, TTBOMK, *all* works distributed in the Debian system > > (i.e. in main), be they programmatic or non-programmatic, *must* be > > distributed w

Question about GR-2006-004

2006-10-07 Thread Francesco Poli
-- from _Coming to America_ ..... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpDFvZqh1IDT.pgp Description: PGP signature