Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-26 Thread Stefan Hinz
Hi Jeroen, pleased to meet you! Sorry for keeping you waiting with this, but I'm still in the process of sorting this out with our lawyers. I'll let you know as soon as possible. /Stefan Jeroen van Wolffelaar -- Debian FTP wrote: Hi Stefan, hi all, Let me first introduce myself, I'm

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-25 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar -- Debian FTP
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 04:53:12PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar -- Debian FTP wrote: On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 04:13:01PM +0200, Stefan Hinz wrote: On 2005-05-18 Stefan Hinz wrote: What's not mentioned here is what we *do* allow, and that's what all this discussion is about: We want the

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-24 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar -- Debian FTP
Hi Stefan, hi all, Let me first introduce myself, I'm member of the Debian FTP team, and Christian Hammers assigned this issue to us. On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 04:13:01PM +0200, Stefan Hinz wrote: On 2005-05-18 Stefan Hinz wrote: What's not mentioned here is what we *do* allow, and that's what

Bug#310407: Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-24 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
severity 310406 normal severity 310407 normal tags 310406 patch tags 310407 patch thanks Stefan Hinz [EMAIL PROTECTED], of the MySQL AB Documentation Team, wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED][1] and [EMAIL PROTECTED][2] as documented in this bug with regards to the MySQL manual: | What's not mentioned

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-22 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello Stefan On 2005-05-18 Stefan Hinz wrote: It's enough if you write it per email and state that this addition applies to 4.0.x, 4.1.x and will appear in the next release. Something like In addition to the current MySQL manual licence, MySQL grants permission to everyone to

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-22 Thread Stefan Hinz
Christian Hammers wrote: Hello Stefan On 2005-05-18 Stefan Hinz wrote: It's enough if you write it per email and state that this addition applies to 4.0.x, 4.1.x and will appear in the next release. Something like In addition to the current MySQL manual licence, MySQL grants

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-22 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello Stefan On 2005-05-22 Stefan Hinz wrote: It's enough if you write it per email and state that this addition applies to 4.0.x, 4.1.x and will appear in the next release. Something like In addition to the current MySQL manual licence, MySQL grants permission to everyone to

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-18 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello On 2005-05-13 Stefan Hinz wrote: Christian Hammers wrote: I maintain the MySQL packages for the Debian distribution and are facing some licence issues here. I'm working with our contracts dept. to change that copyright note so it doesn't confuse our users. I'll get back to you

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-18 Thread Stefan Hinz
Hi Christian, Christian Hammers wrote: Hello On 2005-05-13 Stefan Hinz wrote: Christian Hammers wrote: I maintain the MySQL packages for the Debian distribution and are facing some licence issues here. I'm working with our contracts dept. to change that copyright note so it doesn't confuse our

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-18 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello Stefan On 2005-05-18 Stefan Hinz wrote: As our next release is in preparation I would have to know this week, if the docs may be distributed or not, else they get thrown out. Can you already tell me what the outcome will be like? ... What's not mentioned here is what we *do* allow,

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-18 Thread Stefan Hinz
Christian, Christian Hammers wrote: Hello Stefan On 2005-05-18 Stefan Hinz wrote: As our next release is in preparation I would have to know this week, if the docs may be distributed or not, else they get thrown out. Can you already tell me what the outcome will be like? ... What's not mentioned

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-18 Thread Christian Hammers
Hi On 2005-05-18 Stefan Hinz wrote: So was your above sentence just not exact and you really require me to remove the mysql manual from Debian? I was imprecise. What I meant to say is not separately in the sense of putting the Manual somewhere outside the vicinity of the MySQL software.

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-18 Thread Stefan Hinz
Christian, you make me phone with American lawyers; frightening. ;-) Please see below. Christian Hammers wrote: Hi On 2005-05-18 Stefan Hinz wrote: So was your above sentence just not exact and you really require me to remove the mysql manual from Debian? I was imprecise. What I meant to say is

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-18 Thread Christian Hammers
Hi Stefan On 2005-05-18 Stefan Hinz wrote: It's enough if you write it per email and state that this addition applies to 4.0.x, 4.1.x and will appear in the next release. Something like In addition to the current MySQL manual licence, MySQL grants permission to everyone to

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-18 Thread Stefan Hinz
Christian Hammers wrote: Hi Stefan On 2005-05-18 Stefan Hinz wrote: It's enough if you write it per email and state that this addition applies to 4.0.x, 4.1.x and will appear in the next release. Something like In addition to the current MySQL manual licence, MySQL grants

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-13 Thread Stefan Hinz
Christian Hammers wrote: I maintain the MySQL packages for the Debian distribution and are facing some licence issues here. Christian, I'm working with our contracts dept. to change that copyright note so it doesn't confuse our users. I'll get back to you soon. Regards, Stefan -- Stefan Hinz

Bug#308680: MySQL docs not distributable?

2005-05-12 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello MySQL I maintain the MySQL packages for the Debian distribution and are facing some licence issues here. Currently (as of 4.1.8) the manual.texi includes the following licence information: @c This manual is NOT distributed under a GPL style license. @c Use of the manual is subject to the