Re: Non free license?

2008-12-20 Thread Pietro Battiston
Il giorno sab, 20/12/2008 alle 08.50 -0800, Steve Langasek ha scritto: > Hi Pietro, > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 08:32:32AM +0100, Pietro Battiston wrote: > > I'm interested in packaging Shapely, a python library [0]. > > > [...] > > > Could you confirm this license is OK with debian? > > > [1]:

Re: Non free license?

2008-12-20 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Pietro, On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 08:32:32AM +0100, Pietro Battiston wrote: > I'm interested in packaging Shapely, a python library [0]. > The library was already packaged once, uploaded and then rejected by > ftp-masters: I tried to get the reason but didn't get a response from > (eventual) mai

Re: Non free license?

2008-12-20 Thread Pietro Battiston
Il giorno sab, 20/12/2008 alle 00.22 -0800, Don Armstrong ha scritto: > On Sat, 20 Dec 2008, Pietro Battiston wrote: > > I'm interested in packaging Shapely, a python library [0]. > > > > The library was already packaged once, uploaded and then rejected by > > ftp-masters: I tried to get the reaso

Re: Non free license?

2008-12-20 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 20 Dec 2008, Pietro Battiston wrote: > I'm interested in packaging Shapely, a python library [0]. > > The library was already packaged once, uploaded and then rejected by > ftp-masters: I tried to get the reason but didn't get a response > from (eventual) maintainer, neither from ftp-maste

Re: Non free license?

2008-12-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 12/20/08, Pietro Battiston wrote: > Hello debian-legal, > > I'm interested in packaging Shapely, a python library [0]. > > The library was already packaged once, uploaded and then rejected by > ftp-masters: I tried to get the reason but didn't get a response from > (eventual) maintainer, ne

Non free license?

2008-12-20 Thread Pietro Battiston
Hello debian-legal, I'm interested in packaging Shapely, a python library [0]. The library was already packaged once, uploaded and then rejected by ftp-masters: I tried to get the reason but didn't get a response from (eventual) maintainer, neither from ftp-masters. In the end, I'm repackaging i

Re: non-free license review + question for ftp-master

2006-10-31 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:29:45 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:16:11 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: [...] > > One thing that was not yet pointed out is that this license, besides > > the other issues, also has a choice of venue clause. Thi

Re: non-free license review + question for ftp-master

2006-10-30 Thread Ben Finney
Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:16:11 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: > > > All disputes relating to this Agreement are subject to the > > exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Essen, Germany and you > > expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in th

Re: non-free license review + question for ftp-master

2006-10-30 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:16:11 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: > All disputes > relating to this Agreement are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction > of the courts of Essen, Germany and you expressly consent to the > exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of Essen, Germany in > connection with any

Re: non-free license review + question for ftp-master

2006-10-29 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Adam Cecile (Le_Vert) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm working on the teamspeak client packaging and I would like you > > to review the license: > > http://www.goteamspeak.com/index.php?page=downloads&id=1a > > To aid discussion and future reference, it'

Re: non-free license review + question for ftp-master

2006-10-29 Thread Ben Finney
Adam Cecile (Le_Vert) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I'm working on the teamspeak client packaging and I would like you > to review the license: > http://www.goteamspeak.com/index.php?page=downloads&id=1a To aid discussion and future reference, it's convention on this list to post the t

Re: non-free license review + question for ftp-master

2006-10-29 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >That's why they offered me to send me an official e-mail which summarize the >authorization they gave us. >Is it enough for ftp-masters ? I am not a ftpmaster, but this has been routinely accepted in the past. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

non-free license review + question for ftp-master

2006-10-29 Thread Le_Vert
Hello, I'm working on the teamspeak client packaging and I would like you to review the license: http://www.goteamspeak.com/index.php?page=downloads&id=1a Please notice Teamspeak has given Debian the right to distribute it, however they don't want to update the EULA now because it needs validat

Re: left-over non-free license file in .orig tarball

2006-04-29 Thread Joe Smith
"Frank Gevaerts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, When I packaged foobillard 3.0a, I correctly removed the included non-free larabie ttf fonts, but I accidentally forgot to remove the associated README.FONTS file, which contains the license for these fonts. Is th

left-over non-free license file in .orig tarball

2006-04-28 Thread Frank Gevaerts
Hi, When I packaged foobillard 3.0a, I correctly removed the included non-free larabie ttf fonts, but I accidentally forgot to remove the associated README.FONTS file, which contains the license for these fonts. Is this considered serious enough to warrant a new .orig tarball? I do not expect a n

Re: Bug#293932: profile.py has non-free license

2005-02-07 Thread Nick Phillips
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 02:00:30PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > I've used the public domain implementation written by Colin Plumb, as > also used in dpkg. It's nigh-on a drop-in replacement. I used it in packaging teapop, too, and I seem to recall messing around with it to make it a completely

Re: Bug#293932: profile.py has non-free license

2005-02-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
doko wrote: >[debian-legal, how do other packages handle the md5 stuff?] > >Joe Wreschnig writes: > >> Howeer, /usr/share/doc/python2.4/copyright does not include this >> license. In fact, almost none of the licenses at >> http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/node822.html are included. At >> least

Re: Bug#293932: profile.py has non-free license

2005-02-07 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 01:27:55PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > debian-legal, how do other packages handle the md5 stuff? > > Copyright (C) 1991-2, RSA Data Security, Inc. Created 1991. All > rights reserved. > > License to copy and use this software is granted provided that it > is identified

Re: Bug#293932: profile.py has non-free license

2005-02-07 Thread Matthias Klose
[debian-legal, how do other packages handle the md5 stuff?] Joe Wreschnig writes: > Package: python > Severity: serious > > The license for the Python profiler[0] does not allow it to be copied or > modified independently of other Python programs. This is a violation of > DFSG #3 (and also is jus

profile.py has non-free license

2005-02-06 Thread Joe Wreschnig
Package: python Severity: serious The license for the Python profiler[0] does not allow it to be copied or modified independently of other Python programs. This is a violation of DFSG #3 (and also is just stupid). This bug affects likely every version of Python in Debian (and that ever was in Debi

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-25 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unfortunately, trademarks apparently don't work that way in civil law > countries, and only arise through registration (with certain exceptions such > as your own name). Which are those countries? In Denmark, for instance, trademark rights can be

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-25 Thread Nathanael Nerode
> So can you say why >it is a problem with my license, and not with Apache's and PHP's? Nobody is going to say that, because we think it's a problem with all those licenses. It was a problem with Apache's license. It was not noticed for a long time. Eventually it was noticed, and it was *fixed

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-22 Thread Derick Rethans
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 12:15:50AM +0100, Derick Rethans wrote: > > This clause is perfectly acceptable as a part of the Apache 1.1 license. > > As the Apache 1.1 license is OSI certified, and has certainly been used > > by software distributed as a part

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-21 Thread Michael K. Edwards
An idea parallel to "fair use" is present in the Berne Convention, under the name "fair practice": Article 10 (1) It shall be permissible to make quotations from a work which has already been lawfully made available to the public, provided that their making is compatible with fair practice, and th

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-21 Thread Måns Rullgård
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 11:10:11AM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: >> Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Josh Triplett wrote: >> > >> >> >>This is much broader. For example, I cannot write a derivative called >> >> >>"Bria

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-21 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 11:10:11AM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: > Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > >> >>This is much broader. For example, I cannot write a derivative called > >> >>"Brian's Xdebug" or "Xdebug manual" or even "A third-par

Re: [xdebug-general] Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-21 Thread Michael K. Edwards
me> Universal Commercial Code s/Universal/Uniform/ (whoops) This and other Model Acts, on which a lot of state laws in the US are based, may be found at http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/ulc/ulc.htm . Cheers, - Michael

Re: [xdebug-general] Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-21 Thread Michael K. Edwards
> > The trouble, I think, is that "derived product" has a legal meaning > > (in the context of copyright) contrary to your common-sense > > interpretation. Anything other than an exact copy of the source code > > you distribute (or, if you distribute binaries, exact copies of them) > > -- even an

Re: [xdebug-general] Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-21 Thread Derick Rethans
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Josh Triplett wrote: > > >> Debian packages frequently contain changes from the upstream > >> versions. (These patches are generally sent upstream, but the > >> Debian maintainer wil

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-21 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Josh Triplett wrote: >> Debian packages frequently contain changes from the upstream >> versions. (These patches are generally sent upstream, but the >> Debian maintainer will often apply a patch without waiting for a >> new upstr

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-21 Thread Måns Rullgård
Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Josh Triplett wrote: > >> >>This is much broader. For example, I cannot write a derivative called >> >>"Brian's Xdebug" or "Xdebug manual" or even "A third-party manual for >> >>Xdebug". >> > >> > The manual is no problem, that's n

Re: [xdebug-general] Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-21 Thread Derick Rethans
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Michael K. Edwards wrote: > The trouble, I think, is that "derived product" has a legal meaning > (in the context of copyright) contrary to your common-sense > interpretation. Anything other than an exact copy of the source code > you distribute (or, if you distribute binarie

Re: [xdebug-general] Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-21 Thread Derick Rethans
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Josh Triplett wrote: > >>This is much broader. For example, I cannot write a derivative called > >>"Brian's Xdebug" or "Xdebug manual" or even "A third-party manual for > >>Xdebug". > > > > The manual is no problem, that's not a derived product. > > It could very well be a de

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-21 Thread Derick Rethans
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Josh Triplett wrote: > > I am totally fine if people put it in distributions as php4-xdebug. > > AFAIK freebsd's ports already have this, and so will Mandrake in the > > forseeable feature. It would be silly of me to prohibit this, and this > > is what IMO the license never in

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-20 Thread Josh Triplett
Derick Rethans wrote: > On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: >>>4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code >>>[..] The license may require derived works to carry a different name or >>>version number from the original software. [..] >>>= >>> >>>I didn't looked at the rest of the licen

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-20 Thread Josh Triplett
Derick Rethans wrote: > On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Josh Triplett wrote: >>Package: php4-xdbg >>Description: debugging aid for PHP scripts, based on xdebug >> Xdbg is a debugging aid for PHP scripts. It provides various debug >> information about your script... >> [further description] >> . >> The u

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-20 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 08:34:49PM -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote: > > Find something that allows me to exclude people from using "Xdebug+" or > > "RealXdebug" for names of derived products. That is exactly what I mean > > with this clause. I don't see why this should render something non-free. > > The

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-20 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 12:15:50AM +0100, Derick Rethans wrote: > This clause is perfectly acceptable as a part of the Apache 1.1 license. > As the Apache 1.1 license is OSI certified, and has certainly been used > by software distributed as a part of Debian, why would this clause cause > any probl

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-20 Thread Michael K. Edwards
Derick - The trouble, I think, is that "derived product" has a legal meaning (in the context of copyright) contrary to your common-sense interpretation. Anything other than an exact copy of the source code you distribute (or, if you distribute binaries, exact copies of them) -- even an unpatched

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-20 Thread Derick Rethans
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >If that's the case, why didn't you rename the Apache and PHP packages? > >If you want to mangle Xdebug's name in a package name, so should it be > >done for PHP and Apache, as it's the same license. > Absol

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-20 Thread Derick Rethans
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > > 4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code > > [..] The license may require derived works to carry a different name or > > version number from the original software. [..] > > = > > > > I didn't looked at the rest of the license, but I don't th

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-20 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If that's the case, why didn't you rename the Apache and PHP packages? >If you want to mangle Xdebug's name in a package name, so should it be >done for PHP and Apache, as it's the same license. Absolutely correct; serious bugs should be filed against thos

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-20 Thread Brian Thomas Sniffen
Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Excluding a singleton name is fine. I'd even go so far as to say any >> > excluding any countable set is fine. Excluding an uncountable class of >> > names is not. >> >> First of all, let me first say that I agree that DFSG4 can lead to >> permitti

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-20 Thread Derick Rethans
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Josh Triplett wrote: > Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > > Alexander Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>* Jan Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041219 20:04]: > >>>AFAICT, the only non-free section is: > >>> > >>>http://www.xdebug.org/license.php";> > >>>4. Products derived from thi

Re: [xdebug-general] Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-20 Thread Reini Urban
Those debian people should really think of getting more software engineers, not managers and laywers to help out. This would help the distro more. And their absurd abusive semantics of the word "free" is also irritating. Do they really think that BSD is more "non-free" than GPL or Artistic? (

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-20 Thread Derick Rethans
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Jan Minar wrote: > On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 09:06:45PM +0100, Derick Rethans wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Jan Minar wrote: > > >From the PHP license (http://www.php.net/license/3_0.txt): > > 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "PHP", nor > > may "

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-19 Thread Josh Triplett
Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > Alexander Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>* Jan Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041219 20:04]: >>>AFAICT, the only non-free section is: >>> >>>http://www.xdebug.org/license.php";> >>>4. Products derived from this software may not be called "Xdebug", nor >>>may "Xdebug

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-19 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 08:27:31PM -0500, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > Excluding a singleton name is fine. I'd even go so far as to say any > excluding any countable set is fine. Excluding an uncountable class of > names is not. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/06/msg00023.html for

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-19 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Jan Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041220 04:28]: > > Citing Debian Free Software Guidelines [1]: > > = > > 4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code > > [..] The license may require derived works to carry a different name or > > version number from the original software. [..] > > = > The dif

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-19 Thread Jan Minar
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 09:06:45PM +0100, Derick Rethans wrote: > On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Jan Minar wrote: > >From the PHP license (http://www.php.net/license/3_0.txt): > 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "PHP", nor > may "PHP" appear in their name, without prior written

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-19 Thread Jan Minar
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 11:38:16PM +0100, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > * Jan Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041219 20:04]: > > > AFAICT, the only non-free section is: > > > > http://www.xdebug.org/license.php";> > > 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "Xdebug", nor > > may "Xdebug"

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-19 Thread Brian Thomas Sniffen
Alexander Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > * Jan Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041219 20:04]: > >> AFAICT, the only non-free section is: >> >> http://www.xdebug.org/license.php";> >> 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "Xdebug", nor >> may "Xdebug" appear in their n

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-19 Thread Alexander Schmehl
Hi! * Jan Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041219 20:04]: > AFAICT, the only non-free section is: > > http://www.xdebug.org/license.php";> > 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "Xdebug", nor > may "Xdebug" appear in their name, without prior written permission from > [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-19 Thread Derick Rethans
L.S., On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Jan Minar wrote: > AFAICT, the only non-free section is: > > http://www.xdebug.org/license.php";> > 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "Xdebug", nor > may "Xdebug" appear in their name, without prior written permission from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Is the xdebug's non-free license necessary?

2004-12-19 Thread Jan Minar
Hi. I've been referred to xdebug on #postgresql @ freenode, but I will try to avoid it because: (1) It's not in Debian (2) The license is non-free Although the license is non-free as in annoying more then in philosophical, (3) It's not even in the Debian's non-free section AFAICT, the only no

Bug#280673: apt-howto: APT HOWTO is under a non-free license

2004-11-10 Thread Francesco Poli
Package: apt-howto Version: 1.7.7-3 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1 The Debian documentation policy (http://www.debian.org/doc/docpolicy) reads: | All manuals of the Debian Documentation Project (DDP) will be released | under DFSG-compliant licenses On the other hand the APT HOWTO

Re: non-free license check: skype

2004-07-15 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Florian Weimer wrote: > * Øystein Gisnås: > >> I just wanted to consult you experts before I post an ITP on this >> package. As far as I can see, the license (attached) holds for the >> non-free section. > > This is from their web site: > > | (b) You are allowed to redistribute the Software, un

Re: non-free license check: skype

2004-07-14 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 01:22:40PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-07-14 12:20:54 +0100 Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >| [...] (v) constantly monitor www.skype.com in > >| order to ensure that you are distributing the latest stable version; > > Did they really issue a licence requi

Re: non-free license check: skype

2004-07-14 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Øystein Gisnås wrote: > The Skype Software and the Services are not intended for use by or > availability to persons under the age limit of any jurisdiction > which restricts the use of Internet-based applications and services > according to age. IF YOU RESIDE IN SUCH A JURISD

Re: non-free license check: skype

2004-07-14 Thread Florian Weimer
* Øystein Gisnås: > I'm not sure what you refer to as notification, but if it's writing an > email to them, that shouldn't be a problem since contacting the author > is part of the packaging process in any case. Each mirror admin would have to contact them individually because most mirrors are no

Re: non-free license check: skype

2004-07-14 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-07-14 12:20:54 +0100 Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | [...] (v) constantly monitor www.skype.com in | order to ensure that you are distributing the latest stable version; Did they really issue a licence requiring hammering their web server? I don't think it's practical to

Re: non-free license check: skype

2004-07-14 Thread Øystein Gisnås
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 01:20:54PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Øystein Gisnås: > > > I just wanted to consult you experts before I post an ITP on this > > package. As far as I can see, the license (attached) holds for the > > non-free section. > > This is from their web site: > > | (b) You

Re: non-free license check: skype

2004-07-14 Thread Florian Weimer
* Øystein Gisnås: > I just wanted to consult you experts before I post an ITP on this > package. As far as I can see, the license (attached) holds for the > non-free section. This is from their web site: | (b) You are allowed to redistribute the Software, under the conditions | that you (i) do n

Re: non-free license check: skype

2004-07-14 Thread Øystein Gisnås
SKYPE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: This End User License Agreement ("Agreement") constitutes a valid and binding agreement between Skype Software S.A. ("Skype") and you ("you," or "your") for the use of the Skype Software, Network and Services, as those terms are d

non-free license check: skype

2004-07-14 Thread Øystein Gisnås
Hi, I just wanted to consult you experts before I post an ITP on this package. As far as I can see, the license (attached) holds for the non-free section. As of this license, modification is not allowed. How is modification to be interpreted. Can, for example, .dekstop files be modified? What abo

Bug#242895: drivers/usb/emi26_fw.h has a non-free license

2004-04-09 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 09 Apr 2004, Bill Allombert wrote: > The file drivers/usb/emi26_fw.h carry the license below: > /* > * This firmware is for the Emagic EMI 2|6 Audio Interface > * > * The firmware contained herein is Copyright (c) 1999-2002 Emagic > * as an unpublished work. This notice does not imply u

Bug#242895: drivers/usb/emi26_fw.h has a non-free license

2004-04-09 Thread Bill Allombert
Package: kernel-source-2.4.25 Version: 2.4.25-1 Severity: serious The file drivers/usb/emi26_fw.h carry the license below: /* * This firmware is for the Emagic EMI 2|6 Audio Interface * * The firmware contained herein is Copyright (c) 1999-2002 Emagic * as an unpublished work. This notice does

Re: Would you please review this non-free license?

2003-01-24 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 02:11:06AM -0700, Kevin Rosenberg wrote: > Good points -- I'll fill a bug against ftp.debian.org to remove the > package. > Probably it could be converted in an installer. -- Francesco P. Lovergine

Re: Would you please review this non-free license?

2003-01-24 Thread Kevin Rosenberg
Good points -- I'll fill a bug against ftp.debian.org to remove the package. Thanks! -- Kevin Rosenberg| .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** http://b9.com/debian.html | : :' : The universal GPG signed and encrypted| `. `' Operating System messages accepted.

Re: Would you please review this non-free license?

2003-01-24 Thread Richard Braakman
My points of concern are: This Agreement, dated , is entered into by Mentec Inc., a Massachusetts Company, located at 55 Technology Drive, Lowell, MA 01851, U.S.A. (MENTEC), and _ having a residence at __

Would you please review this non-free license?

2003-01-23 Thread Kevin Rosenberg
Hello Debian Legal Guys, I've recently adopted a non-free package (simh-rsts-images). During the process of renaming the package, an ftpmaster has concerns that the license perhaps prevents even inclusion in the non-free archive. I've included the license below. The point of concerns are: "..

Re: cthugha (non-free) license

2001-09-17 Thread Raul Miller
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 01:31:25PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: > So the situation would be something like: > > 1. A writes software, contributes it to the public domain and >distributes it with a warranty disclaimer. > > 2. B downloads software from A's site, strips off the warranty >di

Re: cthugha (non-free) license

2001-09-17 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I keep hearing, though I have not had the opportunity to verify this > with a Real Lawyer(tm), that public domain has one drawback; you can't > attach a no-warranty statement to it. It may mean (no: it does mean) that you cannot force other people t

Re: cthugha (non-free) license

2001-09-17 Thread Raul Miller
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 04:52:37AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > I keep hearing, though I have not had the opportunity to verify this > with a Real Lawyer(tm), that public domain has one drawback; you can't > attach a no-warranty statement to it. US Geological Survey seems to have no problem di

Re: cthugha (non-free) license

2001-09-17 Thread Bernhard R. Link
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Branden Robinson wrote: > I keep hearing, though I have not had the opportunity to verify this > with a Real Lawyer(tm), that public domain has one drawback; you can't > attach a no-warranty statement to it. I'm no lawyer and had not contact to US or british ones. But it woul

Re: cthugha (non-free) license

2001-09-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 05:55:59PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > yes public domain essentially gives all possible rights with no > restrictions. I keep hearing, though I have not had the opportunity to verify this with a Real Lawyer(tm), that public domain has one drawback; you can't attach

Re: cthugha (non-free) license

2001-09-16 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> >> The remainder of the source (not already public domain, no explicit >> author's copyright notice) is Copyright 1995-97 by Harald >> Deischinger. >> The source code may be copied freely and may be used in other > > I think this may remain? While this has to be changed: > yes public domain

Re: cthugha (non-free) license

2001-09-16 Thread Martin Albert
Me wrote: > > provide a last archive with another license. My question is: what > > keeps cthugha from being free? Thank you for your reply (and getting it from the archive and going through it). You nearly answered the q. that i had on mind: What is the quickest, most painless way (for him) to

RE: cthugha (non-free) license

2001-09-14 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > Cthugha is (still) a non-free package, that i maintain for Debian and > want to become the upstream maintainer also, as the oriinal author is > not going to develop it any further. I mailed him in february this year > and last 5 minutes ago to convince him to provide a last archive with >

cthugha (non-free) license

2001-09-14 Thread Martin Albert
(i'm not subscribed to this list, please Cc me on replies) Hello, wishing a nice day! I'm quite new to Debian development and don't know much about the workings of this list. But i have some questions at least ;) Cthugha is (still) a non-free package, that i maintain for Debian and want to bec

Re: sox license (Re: Bug#92969: Non-free license in ADPCM support.)

2001-04-05 Thread Sam Hartman
> "guenter" == guenter geiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: guenter> Hi, guenter> Just got the appended bug report, what should I do about guenter> it ? Is there a way to let sox stay in main ? Is the guenter> solution to build a new .orig.tar.gz without that code guenter>

sox license (Re: Bug#92969: Non-free license in ADPCM support.)

2001-04-05 Thread guenter geiger
Hi, Just got the appended bug report, what should I do about it ? Is there a way to let sox stay in main ? Is the solution to build a new .orig.tar.gz without that code in, make a new "upstream" sox with new version number ? I wonder if the other distributions have the problematic code in ther

Re: Non-free license in included source

2000-06-28 Thread Bolan Meek
Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 09:48:30AM -0500, Bolan Meek wrote: > > Included in the original source, by Bob Kierski, and Kieth > > Fredericks, then of Cray & now-- who knows?-- is source > > for compface, by James Ashton, then of Sydney University, > > to provide for a display

Re: Non-free license in included source

2000-06-28 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Bolan Meek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Written 11th November 1889. This looks like there is a fair chance that the code may have passed into the public domain by now. > * Permission is given to distribute these sources, as long as the > * copyright messages are not removed, and no mon

Re: Non-free license in included source

2000-06-28 Thread Bolan Meek
Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 09:48:30AM -0500, Bolan Meek wrote: > > Included in the original source, by Bob Kierski, and Kieth > > Fredericks, then of Cray & now-- who knows?-- is source > > for compface, by James Ashton, then of Sydney University, > > to provide for a displa

Re: Non-free license in included source

2000-06-28 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Bolan Meek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Written 11th November 1889. This looks like there is a fair chance that the code may have passed into the public domain by now. > * Permission is given to distribute these sources, as long as the > * copyright messages are not removed, and no mo

Re: Non-free license in included source

2000-06-28 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 09:48:30AM -0500, Bolan Meek wrote: > Included in the original source, by Bob Kierski, and Kieth > Fredericks, then of Cray & now-- who knows?-- is source > for compface, by James Ashton, then of Sydney University, > to provide for a display of XFaces: in a child window at >

Non-free license in included source

2000-06-28 Thread Bolan Meek
Greetings: God bless you. I am not a developer - yet (my application has been in for a few weeks), but I'm the erstwhile maintainer for both the orphaned Debian package, and the upstream source, of xmailtool. Included in the original source, by Bob Kierski, and Kieth Fredericks, then of Cray & n

Re: Non-free license in included source

2000-06-28 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 09:48:30AM -0500, Bolan Meek wrote: > Included in the original source, by Bob Kierski, and Kieth > Fredericks, then of Cray & now-- who knows?-- is source > for compface, by James Ashton, then of Sydney University, > to provide for a display of XFaces: in a child window at

Non-free license in included source

2000-06-28 Thread Bolan Meek
Greetings: God bless you. I am not a developer - yet (my application has been in for a few weeks), but I'm the erstwhile maintainer for both the orphaned Debian package, and the upstream source, of xmailtool. Included in the original source, by Bob Kierski, and Kieth Fredericks, then of Cray &