Bug#555168: Unclear license situation for (e)glibc locales provided by you
I add to the CC list another mail address I know about Boerre Gaup. Also CC'ing Petter Reinholdtsen, ou Debian Wizard for everything related to Norway, in case he would have alternate ways to reach Boerre. Quoting Helge Kreutzmann (deb...@helgefjell.de): > Hello, > you are listed as contact person/author of the following locale: > > se_NO > > This locale comes with a statement > > % Distribution and use is free, also > % for commercial purposes. > > Thus it does not allow modification; it is unclear, however, if this > statement was meant as a license. > > As discussed in > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555168 this > locale could strictly speaking not be part of Debian which would be a > great loss. (Currently it is allowed pending investigation). > > To properly resolve this, I would like to ask you the following > question: > > Would you be willing to relicense this locale to a proper license, > e.g. (L)GPL v2 or higher or another free software license of your choice? > > If you have any questions regarding this issue, do not hesitate to > contact me (via the reply-to address set). > > Thanks for helping to resolve this! > > Helge > > -- > Dr. Helge Kreutzmann deb...@helgefjell.de >Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php > 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred >Help keep free software libre: http://www.ffii.de/ -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#555168: Unclear license situation for (e)glibc locales provided by you
Let's hope you can reach Neskie Manuel who is, IIRC, the author of many locales for Aboriginal languages of North America. It's quite some time since I heard from him, though (about 2 years). Quoting Helge Kreutzmann (deb...@helgefjell.de): > Hello, > you are listed as contact person/author of the following locale: > > shs_CA > > This locale comes with a statement > > % Distribution and use is free, also > % for commercial purposes. > > Thus it does not allow modification; it is unclear, however, if this > statement was meant as a license. > > As discussed in > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555168 this > locale could strictly speaking not be part of Debian which would be a > great loss. (Currently it is allowed pending investigation). > > To properly resolve this, I would like to ask you the following > question: > > Would you be willing to relicense this locale to a proper license, > e.g. (L)GPL v2 or higher or another free software license of your choice? > > If you have any questions regarding this issue, do not hesitate to > contact me (via the reply-to address set). > > Thanks for helping to resolve this! > > Helge > > -- > Dr. Helge Kreutzmann deb...@helgefjell.de >Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php > 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred >Help keep free software libre: http://www.ffii.de/ -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#555168: Unclear license situation for (e)glibc locales provided by you
Hello, you are listed as contact person/author of the following locale: sl_SI This locale comes with a statement % Distribution and use is free, also % for commercial purposes. Thus it does not allow modification; it is unclear, however, if this statement was meant as a license. As discussed in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555168 this locale could strictly speaking not be part of Debian which would be a great loss. (Currently it is allowed pending investigation). To properly resolve this, I would like to ask you the following question: Would you be willing to relicense this locale to a proper license, e.g. (L)GPL v2 or higher or another free software license of your choice? If you have any questions regarding this issue, do not hesitate to contact me (via the reply-to address set). Thanks for helping to resolve this! Helge -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann deb...@helgefjell.de Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software libre: http://www.ffii.de/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#555168: Unclear license situation for (e)glibc locales provided by you
Hello, you are listed as contact person/author of the following locale: sk_SK This locale comes with a statement % Distribution and use is free, also % for commercial purposes. Thus it does not allow modification; it is unclear, however, if this statement was meant as a license. As discussed in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555168 this locale could strictly speaking not be part of Debian which would be a great loss. (Currently it is allowed pending investigation). To properly resolve this, I would like to ask you the following question: Would you be willing to relicense this locale to a proper license, e.g. (L)GPL v2 or higher or another free software license of your choice? If you have any questions regarding this issue, do not hesitate to contact me (via the reply-to address set). Thanks for helping to resolve this! Helge -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann deb...@helgefjell.de Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software libre: http://www.ffii.de/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#555168: Unclear license situation for (e)glibc locales provided by you
Hello, you are listed as contact person/author of the following locale: shs_CA This locale comes with a statement % Distribution and use is free, also % for commercial purposes. Thus it does not allow modification; it is unclear, however, if this statement was meant as a license. As discussed in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555168 this locale could strictly speaking not be part of Debian which would be a great loss. (Currently it is allowed pending investigation). To properly resolve this, I would like to ask you the following question: Would you be willing to relicense this locale to a proper license, e.g. (L)GPL v2 or higher or another free software license of your choice? If you have any questions regarding this issue, do not hesitate to contact me (via the reply-to address set). Thanks for helping to resolve this! Helge -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann deb...@helgefjell.de Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software libre: http://www.ffii.de/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#555168: Unclear license situation for (e)glibc locales provided by you
Hello, you are listed as contact person/author of the following locale: se_NO This locale comes with a statement % Distribution and use is free, also % for commercial purposes. Thus it does not allow modification; it is unclear, however, if this statement was meant as a license. As discussed in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555168 this locale could strictly speaking not be part of Debian which would be a great loss. (Currently it is allowed pending investigation). To properly resolve this, I would like to ask you the following question: Would you be willing to relicense this locale to a proper license, e.g. (L)GPL v2 or higher or another free software license of your choice? If you have any questions regarding this issue, do not hesitate to contact me (via the reply-to address set). Thanks for helping to resolve this! Helge -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann deb...@helgefjell.de Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software libre: http://www.ffii.de/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
