Re: License advice

1998-04-29 Thread Buddha Buck
I am not a lawyer either, but... Marcus Brinkmann said: The other comments state the difference in copyright law, if everything is forbidden that is not explicitely allowd or if everything that is not explicitely forbidden is allowed. I don't really see how this applies here... Yes, the

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 11:34:00AM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marcus Brinkmann) wrote on 23.04.98 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 11:36:00AM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adrian Bridgett) wrote on 23.04.98 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread storm
On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: Don't spread misinformation, please. Did we read the same license? I quote it her for you: Copyright (c) 1997-1998 by Armin Biere. Author: Armin Biere. Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose on any

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Raul Miller
Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And now my comments: 1) He does not mention that selling is allowed. So you are not allowed to sell it. Er, you're allowed to redistribute it freely, and there's no restriction on selling it. What situation are you imagining where this is a problem

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Bear Giles
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 11:36:00AM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote: However, it is not as obvious as you want to make us believe. Things that are not explicitely allowed are forbidden. Things that are not spelled out, are not there at all. There is only little room for interpretation of legal

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Oliver Elphick
Marcus Brinkmann wrote: However, it is not as obvious as you want to make us believe. Things that are not explicitely allowed are forbidden. Things that are not spelled out, are not there at all. There is only little room for interpretation of legal texts. I think this is a matter of

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 09:40:33PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: And now my comments: 1) He does not mention that selling is allowed. So you are not allowed to sell it. Last time I heard, redistribute freely was taken to mean that you were

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Stephen Zander
Bear == Bear Giles [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bear You're assuming that this rule applies everywhere and in Bear every situation. In the US the assumption often goes the Bear other way; anything not explicitly forbidden is permitted Bear (up to the limits of lawful action, of

Re: License advice

1998-04-27 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marcus Brinkmann) wrote on 23.04.98 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you disagree. This is weird, especially because of point 3. I can see

Re: License advice

1998-04-27 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adrian Bridgett) wrote on 23.04.98 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you disagree. Copyright (c) 1997-1998 by Armin Biere. Author: Armin

Re: License advice

1998-04-24 Thread jdassen
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 07:00:24PM +0100, Adrian Bridgett wrote: On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you disagree. Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose on

License advice

1998-04-23 Thread jdassen
As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you disagree. Copyright (c) 1997-1998 by Armin Biere. Author: Armin Biere. Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose on any computer system, and to redistribute it freely, subject to the following

Re: License advice

1998-04-23 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you disagree. This is weird, especially because of point 3. He means the right thing, but he doesn't mention modification, redistribution of modificated

Re: License advice

1998-04-23 Thread Oliver Elphick
Marcus Brinkmann wrote: On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you disagree. This is weird, especially because of point 3. He means the right thing, but he doesn't mention modification,

Re: License advice

1998-04-23 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 06:20:21PM +0200, Oliver Elphick wrote: Marcus Brinkmann wrote: On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you disagree. This is weird, especially because of