Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 08:57:04PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Sep 10, George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Not "now". Debian (and I think every other distribution) has been > > > distributing software with this kind of licenses for years, without any > > > apparent ill effect on

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 06:10:46PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Sep 09, George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [1] claiming that Debian has already accepted cddl by having cddl'ed star > > is > > weak arg because it easily could be clasified as bug. > While it is obviously true that the

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-10 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Sep 10, George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not "now". Debian (and I think every other distribution) has been > > distributing software with this kind of licenses for years, without any > > apparent ill effect on users. > Not true. Many licenses that failed to comply with DFSG [0] has

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-10 Thread George Danchev
On Saturday 10 September 2005 18:54, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Sep 09, George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Debian has always been full of software licensed that way ;-) Now you > > want (unintentially) to leave possible holes thru new 'a-la sco insane > > cases' to enter the scene... all o

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-10 Thread MJ Ray
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) wrote: > [...] Even if in the last two years it has become > popular among some debian-legal@ contributors while the rest of the > project was not looking [...] Yes, the debian-legal cabal has been working in secret on its public mailing list and has devised a plot

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-10 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Sep 09, George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It does not work this way. If you believe that a license is not free > > it's up to you explaining why. > here they are: So finally we are up to the good old "every restriction is a discrimination" argument. Even if in the last two years it

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-10 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Sep 09, George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Debian has always been full of software licensed that way ;-) Now you want > (unintentially) to leave possible holes thru new 'a-la sco insane cases' to > enter the scene... all over the world. Not "now". Debian (and I think every other dis

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Garrett writes: >> What's the point in us worrying about licenses granting freedoms that >> can't actually be exercised in life? There is no "freedom not to be >> sued", so it's impossible for a license to contravene that. > > There are the DFSG f

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 09 September 2005 21:57, Matthew Garrett wrote: > George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 09 September 2005 21:03, Matthew Garrett wrote: > >> Oh, bollocks. The social contract is with the free software community, > >> not just the users. Arguing that the rights of the use

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 10:24:19PM +1000, Paul TBBle Hampson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 02:30:05PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > 9. MISCELLANEOUS. > > > Any law or regulation which provides that the language of a contract > > shall be construed against the drafter shall not apply to

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 05:35:36PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 09 September 2005 18:24, Matthew Garrett wrote: > >> But that's already possible. The majority (all?) of licenses that we > >> ship don't prevent me from being sued arbitrarily

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Michael Poole
Matthew Garrett writes: > Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> As you point out elsewhere, total fabrications can be invented to >> support any claim, but DFSG freedom questions should be limited to >> what the license imposes on or requires from users. > > What's the point in us worrying a

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Garrett writes: > >> My insurance optionally covers employment disputes, accidents and >> housing issues. I don't have any cover that protects me from arbitrary >> legal cases. In any case, "Discriminates against poor people who have an >> insuran

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 09 September 2005 21:03, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> Oh, bollocks. The social contract is with the free software community, >> not just the users. Arguing that the rights of the user are the only >> ones that matter suggests that the GPL ought to

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> You're ignoring the cost of paying for any sort of legal advice, which >> isn't very realistic. > > No I'm not. When the case is trule meritless there is usually no > reason to involve a lawyer (*unless* o

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Michael Poole
Matthew Garrett writes: > A use fee imposes a cost where no cost would otherwise exist. For a big > evil corporation, the difference in cost between suing me in the UK and > suing me in the US is sufficiently small that they're unlikely to worry > greatly about the amount. Even without a choice of

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 09 September 2005 21:03, Matthew Garrett wrote: --cut-- > > That wouldn't make your argument more coherent. We're concerned > > exclusively with which rights the *user* gets. Whether the author > > thinks it is worth it to give the user those rights is not something > > we consider at all

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> In the case you're worrying about (obnoxious large businesses suing >>> people in order to intimidate them), the difference in cost is >>> unlikely to deter

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 09 September 2005 21:10, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matthew Garrett writes: > >> The licensor *already* has carte blanche to harrass licensees with > >> fivolous lawsuits. The only thing that changes are the costs. > > > > This seems remarkably s

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Garrett writes: >> The licensor *already* has carte blanche to harrass licensees with >> fivolous lawsuits. The only thing that changes are the costs. > > This seems remarkably similar to the argument "The user has carte > blanche to exercise DFSG

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> In the case you're worrying about (obnoxious large businesses suing >> people in order to intimidate them), the difference in cost is >> unlikely to deter them. > > The point is that the cost *for me* of d

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Michael Poole
Matthew Garrett writes: > Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Without the licensors, there is no commons. Without an ability to >>> enforce licenses, the concept of copyleft becomes pointless. >> >> You seem to assert that licenses cannot

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> I don't think it makes any difference. You just open new holes I'm arguing >> against. Why you need to put that baseless challenges on user's souls ? > The presence or absence of a choice of venue clause does not alter the > fact that the licensor

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> The licensor *already* has carte blanche to harrass licensees with >>> fivolous lawsuits. >> No - if the court throws out the case ex officio because of la

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Michael Poole
Matthew Garrett writes: > George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Friday 09 September 2005 18:24, Matthew Garrett wrote: >>> But that's already possible. The majority (all?) of licenses that we >>> ship don't prevent me from being sued arbitrarily. The only difference >>> that choice of ve

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Humberto Massa Guimarães
> The DFSG are not holy writ, but how about if I phrase it as > discrimination against licensors without money? DFSG #5: "No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons." This implies, at least to me, that the _licensor_ is not

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 09 September 2005 19:35, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> That's choice of law, rather than choice of venue. I was under the >> impression that it was generally accepted. > > I mean the venue designates the jurisdiction where a lawsuit process is held

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> The licensor *already* has carte blanche to harrass licensees with >> fivolous lawsuits. > > No - if the court throws out the case ex officio because of lack of > jurisdiction, no harassment results. Eh?

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On 9/9/05, Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Humberto Massa Guimarães <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear > >> at the the author's home court whenever he files a frivolous lawsuit" > >> can be meaningfully described as a

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 09 September 2005 19:35, Matthew Garrett wrote: > George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 09 September 2005 18:24, Matthew Garrett wrote: > >> But that's already possible. The majority (all?) of licenses that we > >> ship don't prevent me from being sued arbitrarily. The o

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I wonder, let's say you are going to be judged in some random US court, even > if it is with German laws, you still would fall into common US-practice legal > or something such ? Court procedures always go by the local law of the forum. -- Henning Mak

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Without the licensors, there is no commons. Without an ability to >>> enforce licenses, the concept of copyleft becomes pointless. >> You seem to assert th

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 05:35:36PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 09 September 2005 18:24, Matthew Garrett wrote: > >> But that's already possible. The majority (all?) of licenses that we > >> ship don't prevent me from being sued arbitrarily

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Without the licensors, there is no commons. Without an ability to >> enforce licenses, the concept of copyleft becomes pointless. > > You seem to assert that licenses cannot be enforces unless the > licens

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 09 September 2005 18:24, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> But that's already possible. The majority (all?) of licenses that we >> ship don't prevent me from being sued arbitrarily. The only difference >> that choice of venue makes is that it potentiall

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 09 September 2005 18:24, Matthew Garrett wrote: > George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 09 September 2005 17:35, Matthew Garrett wrote: > >> Whereas the alternative may be that licensors are unable to afford the > >> enforcement of their license. Would you prefer to disc

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 09 September 2005 18:41, MJ Ray wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) wrote: > > I am refusing them as long as you cannot clearly show how DFSG#5 forbids > > some restrictions present in the CDDL. > > It does not work this way. If you believe that a questionable > license is free, the

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Yorick Cool
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:35:20PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: Matthew> The legal system discriminates in favour of rich people. That's true Matthew> regardless of license conditions. Although I don' dispute this assertion per se, the problem at hand is that *geography* necessarily discriminate

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:41:58PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) wrote: > > I am refusing them as long as you cannot clearly show how DFSG#5 forbids > > some restrictions present in the CDDL. > > It does not work this way. If you believe that a questionable > license is f

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > But that's already possible. The majority (all?) of licenses that we > ship don't prevent me from being sued arbitrarily. The majority (all!) of license we ship do not demand that you agree *in advance* to waive your usual protections against arbitra

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Humberto Massa Guimarães <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Free Software is about the licensors (copyright owners) relinquishing some >> of their rights to assure the rights of the "commons". > Without the licensors, there is no commons. Without an abili

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 09 September 2005 17:35, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> Whereas the alternative may be that licensors are unable to afford the >> enforcement of their license. Would you prefer to discriminate against >> them? > > Debian has always been full of soft

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
Humberto Massa Guimarães <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Free Software is about the licensors (copyright owners) relinquishing some > of their rights to assure the rights of the "commons". Without the licensors, there is no commons. Without an ability to enforce licenses, the concept of copyleft bec

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 09 September 2005 17:35, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Humberto Massa Guimarães <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear > >> at the the author's home court whenever he files a frivolous lawsuit" > >> can be meaningfully described a

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Humberto Massa Guimarães
> Whereas the alternative may be that licensors are unable to afford the > enforcement of their license. Would you prefer to discriminate against > them? YES. Please. The DFSG #5 says you should not discriminate the licensee; the licensor is OK. Debian does, in an active basis, discriminate agains

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
Humberto Massa Guimarães <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear >> at the the author's home court whenever he files a frivolous lawsuit" >> can be meaningfully described as a "group of persons" that can be >> discriminated against. If ev

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 09 September 2005 15:46, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 07:23:10AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Henning Makholm writes: > > > I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear > > > at the the author's home court whenever he files a frivolous lawsuit" >

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Humberto Massa Guimarães
> I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear > at the the author's home court whenever he files a frivolous lawsuit" > can be meaningfully described as a "group of persons" that can be > discriminated against. If everybody belongs to the group, is it > meaningfull to dis

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 07:23:10AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Henning Makholm writes: > > I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear at > > the the author's home court whenever he files a frivolous lawsuit" can be > > meaningfully described as a "group of persons" that

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread John Hasler
Henning Makholm writes: > I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear at > the the author's home court whenever he files a frivolous lawsuit" can be > meaningfully described as a "group of persons" that can be discriminated > against. Why do you think that a copyright ow

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 02:30:05PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > 9. MISCELLANEOUS. > Any law or regulation which provides that the language of a contract > shall be construed against the drafter shall not apply to this License. Can a license exclude application of laws? Maybe there's a juri

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 01:56:50PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Henning Makholm writes: >>> I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear >>> at the the author's home court whenever he files a frivolous lawsuit" >>> can be m

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Henning Makholm writes: >> I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear >> at the the author's home court whenever he files a frivolous lawsuit" >> can be meaningfully described as a "group of persons" that can be >> discrimina

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Michael Poole
Henning Makholm writes: > Scripsit Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Well, I'm explaining that it isn't free because of DFSG#5. However, it >> seems that you are refusing such arguments de facto. > > I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear > at the the author

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 11:46:04AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Sep 09, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It does not work this way. If you believe that a license is not free > > > it's up to you explaining why. > > Well, I'm explaining that it isn't free because of DFSG#5. Ho

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Sep 09, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It does not work this way. If you believe that a license is not free > > it's up to you explaining why. > Well, I'm explaining that it isn't free because of DFSG#5. However, it > seems that you are refusing such arguments de facto. I am re

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Well, I'm explaining that it isn't free because of DFSG#5. However, it > seems that you are refusing such arguments de facto. I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear at the the author's home court whenever he files a f

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 09 September 2005 01:41, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Sep 09, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is nothing wrong with this, and I'm not a fan of choice of venue > > > clauses either, but they should try to modify the DFSG then. > > > > Could you explain why DFSG#5 couldn

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | The Covered Code is a "commercial item," as that term is defined in > | 48 C.F.R. 2.101 (Oct. 1995), consisting of "commercial computer > | software" and "commercial computer software documentation," as such > | terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 (Se

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le vendredi 09 septembre 2005 à 00:41 +0200, Marco d'Itri a écrit : > On Sep 09, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There is nothing wrong with this, and I'm not a fan of choice of venue > > > clauses either, but they should try to modify the DFSG then. > > Could you explain why D

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 12:00:54AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Sep 08, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Indeed, the "choice of venue is a fee" argument is just that: an > > > opinion which has at best no clear roots in the DFSG, therefore it > > > cannot make a license non-free.

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Sep 09, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is nothing wrong with this, and I'm not a fan of choice of venue > > clauses either, but they should try to modify the DFSG then. > Could you explain why DFSG#5 couldn't be invoked in this case? It does not work this way. If you beli

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Dalibor Topic
Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Lionel Elie Mamane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 04:58:32PM +0200, Yorick Cool wrote: >> >>>On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 03:55:56PM +0200, Dalibor Topic wrote: > > >The application of the > United Nations Convention on Contracts for the In

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le vendredi 09 septembre 2005 à 00:00 +0200, Marco d'Itri a écrit : > > Yeah, but there is certainly more than a single person arguing that we > > should > > not distribute software with such licence. > There is nothing wrong with this, and I'm not a fan of choice of venue > clauses either, but th

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Sep 08, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Indeed, the "choice of venue is a fee" argument is just that: an > > opinion which has at best no clear roots in the DFSG, therefore it > > cannot make a license non-free. > Yeah, but there is certainly more than a single person arguing that we

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 08:21:57PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Sep 08, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2) Any argument i may have are only the lame repetition of the opinion of > > a > > single person here on debian-legal. > Indeed, the "choice of venue is a fee" argument is

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Sep 08, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2) Any argument i may have are only the lame repetition of the opinion of a > single person here on debian-legal. Indeed, the "choice of venue is a fee" argument is just that: an opinion which has at best no clear roots in the DFSG, therefore

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 08:57:59PM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > On Thursday 08 September 2005 20:24, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 04:53:12PM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > > > On Thursday 08 September 2005 16:21, Sven Luther wrote: > > > --cut-- > > > > > > > Yeah, well, i d

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread George Danchev
On Thursday 08 September 2005 20:24, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 04:53:12PM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > > On Thursday 08 September 2005 16:21, Sven Luther wrote: > > --cut-- > > > > > Yeah, well, i did an apt-get install star and looked at the copyright > > > file, so i am n

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 06:24:34PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 04:53:12PM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > > On Thursday 08 September 2005 16:21, Sven Luther wrote: > > --cut-- > > > Yeah, well, i did an apt-get install star and looked at the copyright > > > file, > > > s

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 04:53:12PM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > On Thursday 08 September 2005 16:21, Sven Luther wrote: > --cut-- > > Yeah, well, i did an apt-get install star and looked at the copyright file, > > so i am not sure what facts i have to believe then. > > > > > http://packages.debia

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Lionel Elie Mamane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 04:58:32PM +0200, Yorick Cool wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 03:55:56PM +0200, Dalibor Topic wrote: The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Yorick Cool
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 05:04:00PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: Lionel> Lionel> >>> The application of the Lionel> >>>United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale Lionel> >>>of Goods is expressly excluded. Lionel> Lionel> Yes, but what does it *say*? What are the

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 04:58:32PM +0200, Yorick Cool wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 03:55:56PM +0200, Dalibor Topic wrote: >>> The application of the >>>United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale >>>of Goods is expressly excluded. >> That's my favourite bit of la

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Yorick Cool
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 03:55:56PM +0200, Dalibor Topic wrote: Dalibor> > The application of the Dalibor> >United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale Dalibor> >of Goods is expressly excluded. Dalibor> Dalibor> [snip] Dalibor> Dalibor> That's my favourite bit of lawy

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Dalibor Topic
Sven Luther wrote: On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 03:55:56PM +0200, Dalibor Topic wrote: Sven Luther wrote: Notice that we already accepted a CDDLed program in debian, namely the star packages which comes with this clause : 9. MISCELLANEOUS. [snip] The application of the United Nations Conve

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 04:53:12PM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > On Thursday 08 September 2005 16:21, Sven Luther wrote: > --cut-- > > Yeah, well, i did an apt-get install star and looked at the copyright file, > > so i am not sure what facts i have to believe then. > > > > > http://packages.debia

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 03:55:56PM +0200, Dalibor Topic wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > >Notice that we already accepted a CDDLed program in debian, namely the star > >packages which comes with this clause : > > > >9. MISCELLANEOUS. > > [snip] > > > The application of the > >United Nations Conv

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Dalibor Topic
Sven Luther wrote: Notice that we already accepted a CDDLed program in debian, namely the star packages which comes with this clause : 9. MISCELLANEOUS. [snip] The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded.

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread George Danchev
On Thursday 08 September 2005 16:21, Sven Luther wrote: --cut-- > Yeah, well, i did an apt-get install star and looked at the copyright file, > so i am not sure what facts i have to believe then. > > > http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/star/star_1.4a17-3/star > >.copyright > > > > T

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 03:10:56PM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Sven Luther schrieb: > > > Notice that we already accepted a CDDLed program in debian, namely the star > > packages which comes with this clause : > > Wrong. Well, i installed the package in sid (star 1.5a60-2), and looked at /usr/

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Sven Luther schrieb: > Notice that we already accepted a CDDLed program in debian, namely the star > packages which comes with this clause : Wrong. > So, i wonder why it was accepted, if it was non-free. But maybe we just passed > it up silently and didn't notice ? Who was the ftp-master respons

CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 02:06:12AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 10:14:50AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 02:48:15PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 10:47:59PM +1000, Paul TBBle Hampson wrote: > > > > > These two do not app