On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 02:50:21PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> A work licensed under GNU FDL, version 1.1, which consists entirely of
> "Invariant Sections" either has no license or is wholly unmodifiable.
> Most people on debian-legal agree that this renders the work DFSG-free.
This one time, at band camp, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>So, in fact, both of these licenses are non-free, as they contain clauses
>that can be used, and will be considered non-free.
>
>I find it ... foolish to declare a license to be free IFF some clauses of
>the license are not exercised. Using this lan
Le lun 08/04/2002 à 19:12, Dale Scheetz a écrit :
> So, in fact, both of these licenses are non-free, as they contain
> clauses that can be used, and will be considered non-free.
> I find it ... foolish to declare a license to be free IFF some clauses of
> the license are not exercised. Using thi
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I find it ... foolish to declare a license to be free IFF some clauses of
> the license are not exercised. Using this language, any proprietary
> license becomes free as long as none of the proprietary sections are
> inforced by the author...
>
> The lice
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 01:12:06PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> So, in fact, both of these licenses are non-free, as they contain clauses
> that can be used, and will be considered non-free.
It is software that is or is not DFSG-free, not licenses.
The simple fact is, a work licensed under versio
begin Dale Scheetz quotation:
> On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Branden Robinson wrote:
>
> > As usual, this issue has been beaten to death on a list you don't read.
> >
> > Please review the archives of debian-legal for the past several months.
> >
> > In a nutshell:
> >
> > 1) The current version of t
Dale Scheetz wrote:
> So, in fact, both of these licenses are non-free, as they
> contain clauses that can be used, and will be considered
> non-free.
Your objection is true of the OPL, but RMS argues
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2001/debian-legal-200111/msg00017.html
that that is not true
On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 02:36:28PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > 3. I placed my book under this license with the express understanding
> > that it was considered free. Now I'm hearing noise that this is a
> > non-free license. While I disa
On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Well, since there are these other issues being raised
> (specificcally, the concern that GFDL may not meet the DFSG [I happen
> to disagree with that statement, for what that counts for]), we
> should wait for the dust to settle down before mo
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 12:46:23AM -0700, Martin Quinson wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 05:57:43PM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > There are an ever growing number of packages that make use of the GNU Free
> > Documentation License. Isn't it about time to put a copy of this license
> > into the co
On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 05:57:43PM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> There are an ever growing number of packages that make use of the GNU Free
> Documentation License. Isn't it about time to put a copy of this license
> into the common reference area?
>
> Who should I talk to about this?
Please check
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 02:36:28PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> 3. I placed my book under this license with the express understanding
> that it was considered free. Now I'm hearing noise that this is a
> non-free license. While I disagree, that is often irrelevant.
>
> 4. If we still
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 03:00:37PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > > There are an ever growing number of packages that make use of the GNU Free
> > > Documentation License. Isn't it about time to put a copy of this license
> > > into the common reference area?
> > >
> > > Who should I talk to about
>>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dale> On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dale> There are an ever growing number of packages that make use of
Dale> the GNU Free Documentation License. Isn't it about time to p
On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 05:57:43PM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > There are an ever growing number of packages that make use of the GNU Free
> > Documentation License. Isn't it about time to put a copy of this license
> > into the common reference area?
>
On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Dale> There are an ever growing number of packages that make use of
> Dale> the GNU Free Documentation License. Isn't it about time to put
> Dale> a copy of this license into the common refer
Il dom, 2002-04-07 alle 05:06, Joseph Carter ha scritto:
> On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 05:57:43PM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > There are an ever growing number of packages that make use of the GNU Free
> > Documentation License. Isn't it about time to put a copy of this license
> > into the common re
>>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dale> There are an ever growing number of packages that make use of
Dale> the GNU Free Documentation License. Isn't it about time to put
Dale> a copy of this license into the common reference area?
Depends. Would you say that at leas
On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 05:57:43PM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> There are an ever growing number of packages that make use of the GNU Free
> Documentation License. Isn't it about time to put a copy of this license
> into the common reference area?
>
> Who should I talk to about this?
Why put a bl
On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 05:57:43PM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> There are an ever growing number of packages that make use of the GNU Free
> Documentation License. Isn't it about time to put a copy of this license
> into the common reference area?
No, it would be premature. There's a draft for a
There are an ever growing number of packages that make use of the GNU Free
Documentation License. Isn't it about time to put a copy of this license
into the common reference area?
Who should I talk to about this?
Waiting is,
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