Re: MySQL licensing and OpenSSL linking issues

2003-06-07 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 09:33:29PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: Of course, as was pointed out several times in the recent OSD/DFSG convergence flamewar, the OSD (or DFSG) is not really well suited as a basis for having a day in court, but that is another issue. It is for that reason that I

Re: MySQL licensing and OpenSSL linking issues

2003-06-07 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 02:25:45PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: Other than that issue, I think this would nicely address Debian's needs. I'm pleased to see MySQL AB taking this step to clarify the license of the client libraries. It seems at that point that it would be easier to just

Re: Open Software License

2003-06-07 Thread Brian M. Carlson
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 04:16:48PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: This is a new one to me. It's the license of elfutils, which is included in rpm 4.2. This isn't GPL compatible, so in case it is actually being linked with rpm itself, that would be a problem. I'm not commenting on the freeness of the

Re: Packages with non-original copyrighted sounds

2003-06-07 Thread Roberto Gordo Saez
Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller wrote: It is also urgently needed for the creation of free music that is not necessarily used by free programs. Due to the lack of free samples, composers are currently forced into the creation of non-free music. That's a similar problem to the font's one, i guess. It

Re: Packages with non-original copyrighted sounds

2003-06-07 Thread Roberto Gordo Saez
Found another one: package powermanga-data is shipped with a sound that comes from Windows 95 sounds (file bonus4.wav). The file contains the strings Microsoft Corporation and Windows 95 Utopia Sound Scheme. Should bugs be filled against mentioned packages? -- Roberto Gordo - Free Software

Re: Packages with non-original copyrighted sounds

2003-06-07 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 14:32, Roberto Gordo Saez wrote: Are public domain files (true public domain, copyright declined by the author) also restricted by default? Public domain means there is no copyright protection of the work. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message