Re: Fwd: Final updates for this Python Policy revision

2009-12-17 Thread Andrew Donnellan
property... -- Andrew Donnellanandrew[at]donnellan[dot]name http://andrew.donnellan.name ajdlinux[at]gmail[dot]com http://linux.org.au -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: Fwd: Final updates for this Python Policy revision

2009-12-17 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 12/18/09, Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au wrote: Andrew Donnellan ajdli...@gmail.com writes: On 12/18/09, Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au wrote: I'm doubtful that it's correct to say “If it's copyright, it has an owner”. Copyright is *not* a property right; it's a different

Re: License for libecap

2009-04-27 Thread Andrew Donnellan
BSD license, which is fine. -- Andrew Donnellan               andrew[at]donnellan[dot]name http://andrew.donnellan.name          ajdlinux[at]gmail[dot]com http://linux.org.au                  subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-24 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: is the Clearthought Software License free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
not be altered.  However, the classes  *    provided may be subclasses as long as the subclasses are not  *    packaged in the info.clearthought package or any subpackage of  *    info.clearthought. The original software may not be altered - it's non-free, unfortunately :( -- Andrew Donnellan

Re: is the Clearthought Software License free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Andrew Donnellan ajdli...@gmail.com wrote: /*  *  *  * The Clearthought Software License, Version 1.0  *  * Copyright (c) 2001 Daniel Barbalace.  All rights reserved.  *  * Redistribution

Re: is the Clearthought Software License free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Source Code, but I'm not sure to interpret the point 2 in the right way. Given that the first paragraph does appear to permit modifications I would think this would be the way the author intended it, but he really should write it more clearly. -- Andrew Donnellanandrew[at]donnellan

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
on it and it should be fine. (Although there is some debate going on about whether it's in fact possible to disclaim copyright in some jurisdictions, but I highly doubt the author will try to enforce anything.) -- Andrew Donnellanandrew[at]donnellan[dot]name http://andrew.donnellan.name

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
to the public domain' to be an all-permissive licence grant, given the common English meaning of the phrase. Probably hasn't been tested in court. -- Andrew Donnellanandrew[at]donnellan[dot]name http://andrew.donnellan.name ajdlinux[at]gmail[dot]com http://linux.org.au

Re: GFDL 1.1

2009-01-29 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: Non free license?

2008-12-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
]. Could you confirm this license is OK with debian? Looks OK to me. Regards -- Andrew Donnellanandrew[at]donnellan[dot]name http://andrew.donnellan.name ajdlinux[at]gmail[dot]com http://linux.org.auhkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58

CPAL (was: Bug#442032: ITP: openproj -- A desktop replacement for Microsoft Project. It is capable of sharing files with Microsoft Project...)

2007-09-12 Thread Andrew Donnellan
/not required] in Larger Works which are defined in the CPAL as a work which combines Covered Code or portions thereof with code not governed by the terms of the CPAL. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com

Re: SIM-IM uses default ICQ sounds

2007-09-11 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: A use case of GPLv3 section 7b

2007-09-05 Thread Andrew Donnellan
an advertisement.) If it is considered an author attribution, it's still only reasonable where the code is used as originally intended in a graphical environment. If the code were somehow adapted for non-graphical use there'd be issues. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary

Re: question about gpl-commercial dual licencing

2007-04-28 Thread Andrew Donnellan
pyfoo uses to invoke libfoo). it matters whether pyfoo forms a derivative work of libfoo That's exactly why it does matter how it links. According to the FSF linking does create a derivative work, although I wouldn't think dl() would be considered as a derivative. -- Andrew Donnellan

Re: question about gpl-commercial dual licencing

2007-04-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
of the commercial license anyway. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 http://linux.org.auhttp

Re: backporting and dual-licensing

2007-04-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
definitely. 4. If Y just restructures the library in a more efficient manner. I'd say yes. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp://subkeys.pgp.net

Re: Request for help in checking GPL-compatibility

2007-04-13 Thread Andrew Donnellan
and distribute the SE provided that the entire package is distributed, including this License. 3. You may make modifications to the SE files and distribute your modifications in **a form distinct from the SE**. The following restrictions apply to modifications: I think it still does. -- Andrew Donnellan

Re: BSD MIT licenses compatible?

2007-04-13 Thread Andrew Donnellan
licenses have a clause saying 'You may not add additional restrictions.' -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58

Re: BSD MIT licenses compatible?

2007-04-13 Thread Andrew Donnellan
? Thanks for your consideration. The combination of the MIT and BSD licensed code (ie. the whole file) is under the most restrictive one, the BSD license. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http

Re: BSD MIT licenses compatible?

2007-04-13 Thread Andrew Donnellan
from the original MIT licensed code anyway. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 http://linux.org.au

Re: Choosing a license for Frets on Fire songs

2007-03-28 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: Licence and copyright for autogenerated files (gtk-vim-syntax)

2007-03-27 Thread Andrew Donnellan
they are public domain. As the author states, a list of function definitions may not even be copyrightable anyway, and I doubt anyone except perhaps SCO would bring any legal action for something like that, if it were copyrightable. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary

Re: Debian-approved creative/content license?

2007-03-10 Thread Andrew Donnellan
using the GPL or Expat licenses, they are tried and tested and don't contain anything too specific to software. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp

Re: [RFC]: firmware-ipw2200, acceptable for non-free?

2007-03-09 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: [RFC]: firmware-ipw2200, acceptable for non-free?

2007-03-08 Thread Andrew Donnellan
is responsible, it's that they don't want you doing it anyway. ie. A crowbar can be used to break in to a house. I can give you one and not be responsible if you break into a house, but maybe I don't want you to anyway, so I won't give you one. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary

Re: Comments on the latest public CC draft

2007-02-25 Thread Andrew Donnellan
-February/005013.html snip Are there any differences between this draft and CC3.0 Final? -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp://subkeys.pgp.net

Re: Re: Squiz.net Open Source License - is it free?

2007-02-19 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: creative commons

2007-01-05 Thread Andrew Donnellan
believed that none of the Creative Commons licenses of any version (except CC-BY-SA Scotland v2.5 iirc) are DFSG compatible. BY and BY-SA v3.0 will most likely be DFSG free thanks to the effort of some Debian people. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau

Re: Is this legal? [RFP: djohn -- Distributed password cracker]

2007-01-03 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 1/4/07, Masayuki Hatta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, In [EMAIL PROTECTED] Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Password cracking in itself has always been legal AFAIK. Using password crackers to crack other peoples systems without permission (ie. illegally obtaining access

Re: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-09 Thread Andrew Donnellan
the best example...) -- Andrew Donnellan -- Email - ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary) -- Email - ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 --- Member of Linux

Re: PEAR / PHP License status

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Donnellan
? (ie the PHP license has a clause prohibiting additional restrictions that the GPL would put on) -- Andrew Donnellan -- Email - ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary) -- Email - ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 12/8/06, Terry Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Donnellan wrote: I think the issue is more compatibility with other licenses - this definitely disallows it. Which means you can't combine an OFL font with a GPL font to make a new font (and not much else beyond

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-06 Thread Andrew Donnellan
things like Debian packaging be counted as 'adding to'? -- Andrew Donnellan -- Email - ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary) -- Email - ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-06 Thread Andrew Donnellan
weak) copyleft. I think the issue is more compatibility with other licenses - this definitely disallows it. The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the Font Software. [...] As already pointed out by Andrew Donnellan, this is vague

Re: What does most recent GPL mean?

2006-12-04 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: New licensing of Adobe Utopia fonts

2006-11-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: Releasing a software implementation of a board game as Free Software

2006-10-13 Thread Andrew Donnellan
on it it should be OK. -- Andrew Donnellan -- Email - ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary) -- Email - ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 --- Member of Linux

Re: License review request

2006-10-01 Thread Andrew Donnellan
. If the license was always in a word processed doc it would be OK, but that's not always the case. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 --- Member of Linux Australia

Re: License review request

2006-09-30 Thread Andrew Donnellan
/lowercased (in plain text) http://sparcs.kaist.ac.kr/~tinuviel/temp/lowercased.html (in HTML) In some jurisdictions it is required that any disclaimers must be appropriately emphasised, otherwise they are legally unenforceable. In text form the main form of emphasis is all uppercase letters. -- Andrew

Re: License review request

2006-09-30 Thread Andrew Donnellan
pointed out some statute or court case in Maryland or somewhere on d-l around the end of last year (I think it may have been Alexander Terekhov complaining about the lowercase disclaimer in GPLv3) that said that it was required. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http

Re: License review request

2006-09-30 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 10/1/06, Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/1/06, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What jurisdictions are these? The only anecdotal explanation I've ever heard for capsturbation in warranty disclaimers, at least in the US, is that someone did it once and lawyers live

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-28 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 9/28/06, Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about modification and distribution? To be more explicit you could say 'usage, modification, or distribution.' -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-27 Thread Andrew Donnellan
license works just as well. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-26 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 9/26/06, MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The standard replacement for this problem is something along the lines of: The author(s) of this script expressly place it in the public domain. In jurisdictions where this is not legally possible

Re: Review of a pseudo licence statement

2006-09-08 Thread Andrew Donnellan
in the upstream tarball, nor any licencing paragraph in the README, the only copyright notice is the one above, included in the Perl source code. If that's all there is then I assume that would be the license. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL

Re: Want to make sure...

2006-09-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
MSM LinuxMichi 0033/6/6192519367100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL

Re: Want to make sure...

2006-09-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
'may' and 'be'. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http

Re: License of vesamodes-file in xorg-server source-package?

2006-08-22 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: public domain?

2006-08-10 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: public domain?

2006-08-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: New GPLv3 and LGPLv3 discussion drafts available

2006-07-28 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: New GPLv3 and LGPLv3 discussion drafts available

2006-07-28 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 7/29/06, Joe Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] versions to play those DVDs. If the work communicates with an online service, it must be possible for modified versions to communicate with the same online service

Re: New GPLv3 and LGPLv3 discussion drafts available

2006-07-28 Thread Andrew Donnellan
the option of using the GPLv2. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http

Re: Linux Magazin Germany, affecting Debian's image?!

2006-07-16 Thread Andrew Donnellan
to send the source code to *people who buy it.* FYI, Debian *does* hold a trademark, but the Debian trademark license allows usage by unofficial versions if they say that they are unofficial. andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL

Re: Linux Magazin Germany, affecting Debian's image?!

2006-07-16 Thread Andrew Donnellan
is that only purchasers or people who the purchasers have given it to non-commercially have the right to get the source at cost price. The GPL does not require anyone to give anything away for free, except the source at cost price. andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http

Re: Debian Cuba, again

2006-06-13 Thread Andrew Donnellan
pies. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEjk9umBxf18ZxJX0RAgQBAKCgHVKhMH3bD8323Gmgb+okscr+vwCgo/BG FOUyM3vlzB6Ntp9ExJe+vfQ= =9uej -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL

Re: ipv6calc: IP address assignments as source code

2006-06-05 Thread Andrew Donnellan
. Looks like you have been reading weirdos on debian-legal too long. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: DFSG-freeness of the CID Font Code Public Licence

2006-06-05 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-05 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 6/4/06, Mike Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 04 June 2006 02:23, Andrew Donnellan wrote: On 6/4/06, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: For those playing along at home, Mike isn't a Debian developer, doesn't maintain any packages, and isn't a new-maintainer applicant. He

Re: Sun responds to questions on the DLJ

2006-06-05 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: DFSG-freeness of the CID Font Code Public Licence

2006-06-05 Thread Andrew Donnellan
about it because it would apply to you in any case. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http

Re: ktorrent and GeoIP license

2006-06-05 Thread Andrew Donnellan
purposes, no part of this publication may be reproduced is enough to make it non-free. andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 --- Member of Linux Australia

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-04 Thread Andrew Donnellan
can say he is. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-04 Thread Andrew Donnellan
*. Telling off users because their opinion doesn't matter is just stupid. What Mike said is completely relevant, and IMHO correct. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58

Re: please on-topic messages (Re: Sun Java available from non-free)

2006-06-04 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: GPL violates DFSG point 3

2006-06-01 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 6/1/06, Karl O. Pinc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The GPL is not completely unmodifiable, you just have limitations on how you may modify it and still use it as a license. The FSF has given blanket permission to modify the GPL except for the preamble. -- Andrew Donnellan http

Re: GPL violates DFSG point 3

2006-06-01 Thread Andrew Donnellan
/share/common-licenses/GPL is included even though base-files itself is under various licenses. However this would be an implicit exception. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58

Re: GPL violates DFSG point 3

2006-06-01 Thread Andrew Donnellan
, you can take a random string of bits, license it under the GPL and plop into the package. You can do that as every single license there is GPL-compatible. In other words, no exception within the DFSG is needed. Never noticed that actually, I always assumed base-files was mostly PD. -- Andrew

Re: GPL violates DFSG point 3

2006-06-01 Thread Andrew Donnellan
an exception to the DFSG as far as i can tell - it's non-free and should not be included in any package in main, and /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL should be the GPL without the preamble. AFAIK no. You either have to use the GPL unmodified or else it's not the GPL. -- Andrew Donnellan http

Re: Against DRM 2.0

2006-05-26 Thread Andrew Donnellan
. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id=23484 OpenNIC user - http

Re: visual boy advance

2006-05-26 Thread Andrew Donnellan
by it self when I got to a certain point in the level and I don't know how to fix it. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http

Re: Against DRM 2.0

2006-05-25 Thread Andrew Donnellan
directory and get out the credit card. Lawyers don't care about freedom, you don't seem to, the rest of debian-legal does. I wish mailing lists had moderation like Slashdot. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Against DRM 2.0

2006-05-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
. Max Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/20/06, Max Brown wrote: 1. Ok: how? I use Yahoo! Mail. Found on http://expita.com/nomime.html: If using IE (not available in Netscape and other browsers) when in the Compose window, make sure Plain is selected rather than Color

Re: Against DRM 2.0

2006-05-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
: The license does not treat software: you cannot value the license on the basis of Debian Free Software Guidelines. ;-) However, where can I read that Debian requires *everything*, not just software, to be DFSG-free?? A link, please. Max Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fine remark

Re: Against DRM 2.0

2006-05-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
contributors. Most of us aren't lawyers, we're just interested in law. andrew Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. PLEASE stop sending HTML. 2. GR-2004-003 changes the Debian Social Contract - it says that all 'works', not just software, must be free: We provide the guidelines that we use

Re: Against DRM 2.0

2006-05-19 Thread Andrew Donnellan
go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards

Re: Bug#346354: Is distribution of the maxdb-doc package a GPL violation?

2006-05-11 Thread Andrew Donnellan
to release the Word docs! andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id=23484

Re: Free Art License [was: Re: [Fwd: Re: gnome-themes and licensing]]

2006-04-27 Thread Andrew Donnellan
: On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:54:53 +1000 Andrew Donnellan wrote: There is a license called the Free Art license, I don't know if that is DFSG-free. Here's the text, taken from http://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/ Free Art License [ Copyleft Attitude ] version 1.2 Preamble : With this Free

Re: A GPL-compatible license for photos and music. Which?

2006-04-24 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Yes, combine not distribute. Sorry. andrew On 4/24/06, MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course GPL programs can *open* CC graphics, it's just you cannot *distribute* CC graphics with them if you want to be GPL-compatible. ITYM combine not distribute

Re: A GPL-compatible license for photos and music. Which?

2006-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: software released into public domain

2006-04-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: Proposed plan (and license) for the webpage relicensing

2006-04-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: Proposed plan (and license) for the webpage relicensing

2006-04-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 4/21/06, Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:52:47 +1000 Andrew Donnellan wrote: On 4/21/06, Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about saying either first or last lines? What if both first and last lines are reserved for other uses? What

Re: What does disclaiming a copyright mean?

2006-04-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: What does disclaiming a copyright mean?

2006-04-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 4/19/06, Seth David Schoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Donnellan writes: Disclaiming a copyright means releasing into the public domain. (as in no copyright at all). IANAL, but looking at what the license file says, I would assume it to be copyrighted by Said Abdeddaim

Re: clarification of doc licensing for db3/db4.2

2006-04-10 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: dpkg support for solaris-i386 architecture

2006-04-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
I suppose porting glibc is quite important because it also minimises the porting of everything else that may need to be adapted. andrew On 4/7/06, Martin Wuertele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-04-06 23:19]: Or as Wouter pointed out on d-d port glibc

Re: dpkg support for solaris-i386 architecture

2006-04-06 Thread Andrew Donnellan
wouldn't like it). Also considering the recent debate on the MPL would the CDDL even be considered free? andrew On 4/7/06, Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The language in the GPL seems quite ambiguous; The language in the GPL is not ambiguous

Re: dpkg support for solaris-i386 architecture

2006-04-06 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Or as Wouter pointed out on d-d port glibc. andrew On 4/7/06, Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (d-l may give advice) So now that's sorted out really Nexenta needs an exemption from *every* copyright holder in dpkg, gcc, binutils, apt, coreutils, etc. (the GNU utils would be easier

Re: GPL v3 possible issues.

2006-03-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
view. DRM becomes nasty when it is closed and difficult (or even illegal) to use on your operating system of choice. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
JS refers to it, but then JS does a lot of things that nobody understands. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http

Re: Interpretation of the GFDL in light of the recent GR

2006-03-17 Thread Andrew Donnellan
you mean 1.2? andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id=23484 OpenNIC

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-11 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: Missing documentation for autoconf

2006-02-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
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Re: FYI, kernel firmware non-freeness discussions

2006-02-16 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Gambling Act 2001 is not necessarily exempt from State or Territory law. Conversely, a service may be prohibited under the Commonwealth Act, even if it is licensed or authorised under State or Territory law. - and in NSW you need a permit. andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http

Re: PHP License for PHP Group packages

2006-02-11 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 10553 March 1977, Charles Fry wrote: What the? andrew

Re: Squiz.net Open Source License - is it free?

2006-02-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
/ Hobart / London / 2/340 Gore Street T: +61 (0) 3 9486 0411 Fitzroy, VIC F: +61 (0) 3 9486 0611 3202 W: http://www.squiz.net/ . Open Source - Own it - Squiz.net ./ -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com

Re: Squiz.net Open Source License - is it free?

2006-02-03 Thread Andrew Donnellan
proceedings against them. They are not free (in a free license) to use their software as a lever to discourage my doing so. -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew Donnellan http

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