Bug#326945: ITP: shorten -- tool for fast compression of waveform files
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Graham Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: shorten Version : 3.6.0 Upstream Author : Tony Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.example.org/ * License : non-free (see below) Description : tool for fast compression of waveform files shorten is a tool for compressing audio files in either lossless or lossy mode. In lossless mode, in can acheive compression rates of 2:1 or better. This program is similar in nature to the flac program, or the oggenc program from the vorbis-tools package. Here is a copy of the license that accompanies the source: SHORTEN SOFTWARE LICENSE This software is being provided to you, the LICENSEE, by Tony Robinson and SoftSound under the following license. By obtaining, using and/or copying this software, you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and conditions: This software may not be sold or incorporated into any product which is sold without prior permission from SoftSound. When no charge is made, this software may be copied and distributed freely. Permission is granted to use this software for decoding and non-commercial encoding (e.g. private or research use). Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for commercial encoding terms. DISCLAIMER This software carries no warranty, expressed or implied. The user assumes all risks, known or unknown, direct or indirect, which involve this software in any way. -- gram -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#326945: ITP: shorten -- tool for fast compression of waveform files
Hi, On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 02:43:42PM -0500, Graham Wilson wrote: SHORTEN SOFTWARE LICENSE This software is being provided to you, the LICENSEE, by Tony Robinson and SoftSound under the following license. By obtaining, using and/or copying this software, you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and conditions: This software may not be sold or incorporated into any product which is sold without prior permission from SoftSound. When no charge is made, this software may be copied and distributed freely. Permission is granted to use this software for decoding and non-commercial encoding (e.g. private or research use). Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for commercial encoding terms. This does not give permission to redistribute, does it? In this case the program would not even be fit for non-free. Also the By obtaining [...] this software, you agree that you have read [and] understood [...] these terms and conditions: clause sounds quite dubious to me. I hope this helps, Jochen -- http://seehuhn.de/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#326945: ITP: shorten -- tool for fast compression of waveform files
On 10404 March 1977, Graham Wilson wrote: This software may not be sold or incorporated into any product which is sold without prior permission from SoftSound. When no charge is made, this software may be copied and distributed freely. Yuck, non-free. Use ogg. :) Permission is granted to use this software for decoding and non-commercial encoding (e.g. private or research use). Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for commercial encoding terms. What about distribution? -- bye Joerg (23:02) liw I should take a photograph of my stapler, the maker of which is RAPESCO pgpfMb0llphN0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#326945: ITP: shorten -- tool for fast compression of waveform files
On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 08:37:46PM +0100, Jochen Voss wrote: On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 02:43:42PM -0500, Graham Wilson wrote: This software is being provided to you, the LICENSEE, by Tony Robinson and SoftSound under the following license. By obtaining, using and/or copying this software, you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and conditions: This software may not be sold or incorporated into any product which is sold without prior permission from SoftSound. When no charge is made, this software may be copied and distributed freely. Permission is granted to use this software for decoding and non-commercial encoding (e.g. private or research use). Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for commercial encoding terms. This does not give permission to redistribute, does it? In this case the program would not even be fit for non-free. I'll check with upstream about this. I assume it's alright, since the current version is a redistribution of previous versions from different authors. Also the By obtaining [...] this software, you agree that you have read [and] understood [...] these terms and conditions: clause sounds quite dubious to me. Agreed, but I assume that doesn't affect the validity of the license? -- gram -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
