Re: OpenSSL, SUN and ECC (patent issue)

2002-10-11 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 01:23:25AM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote: (Did you forget to send to the mailing list? Feel free to quote me in public.) done. On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 11:59:54PM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote: On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 10:16:50PM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote:

Re: OpenSSL, SUN and ECC (patent issue)

2002-10-11 Thread Brian M. Carlson
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 10:16:50PM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote: On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 04:59:50PM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote: [obnoxious clause] We've discussed it on this list already, but the remaining open question is, what patents do they have that they refer to here? If ECC is

Re: OpenSSL, SUN and ECC (patent issue)

2002-10-11 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Toni Mueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh - I see what you mean, but shipping this code poses many people at risk of inadvertantly infringing on a patent if there is one in the first place, because many people would just use the code in good faith that the Open on the packkage label and the

Re: The Open Source movement and Free Software movement are not the same

2002-10-11 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 18:38, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote: Auke Jilderda wrote: 1. Free Software is geared towards idealism whereas Open Source aims for pragmatism. In my opinion, both are essential to making this the succes it is. (Personally, I tend a bit more towards Open Source

Re: South African Law on Crypto Providers

2002-10-11 Thread Max . Hyre
Dear Debian-legal: Please pardon my tardiness in replying to this subject (I just read my DWN), but since I've seen no mention of this particular aspect of it, here goes: In a couple of e-mails in the thread[1], Joe Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Sounds like South Africa is about to

cadaver licensing issues: openssl and GPL again

2002-10-11 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hello, after I have received a Reject from FTP Masters on the cadaver package, because it is GPL and linked against openssl, I opened up the Bug #163583 and contacted upstream. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?archive=nobug=163583 Here is the answer from Joe Orton, which basically

APSFILTER license update (good news)

2002-10-11 Thread Osamu Aoki
Folks good news, After short exchange of friendly discussion, APSFILTER author decided to change program to accommodate better DFSG compatibility. As for the *postcard issue*, he asked me to pass following message: it was never my intention to punish/sue people for their behavior for

Re: cadaver licensing issues: openssl and GPL again

2002-10-11 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 01:24:35AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: after I have received a Reject from FTP Masters on the cadaver package, because it is GPL and linked against openssl, I opened up the Bug #163583 and contacted upstream.

Re: cadaver licensing issues: openssl and GPL again

2002-10-11 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 19:28, Steve Langasek wrote: So the options are that you could secure a clarification of the GPL's OS exemption from the FSF, in the form of a new revision of the GPL, that permits what you're asking; or you can find a way to replace OpenSSL in the build with a library