Re: ibm jdk licence

2000-01-11 Thread Robert Varga
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Brian Ristuccia wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 09:55:31PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > > Robert Varga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quotes a stupid license: > > > > > "You may only use the Program Code if you are a current licensee of RedHat > > > 6.0 Linux or Caldera OpenLinux

Re: ibm jdk licence

2000-01-11 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 09:55:31PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > Robert Varga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quotes a stupid license: > > > "You may only use the Program Code if you are a current licensee of RedHat > > 6.0 Linux or Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 operating system. > > Is there even such a thing as

Re: ibm jdk licence

2000-01-11 Thread Robert Varga
On 11 Jan 2000, Henning Makholm wrote: > Robert Varga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quotes a stupid license: > > > "You may only use the Program Code if you are a current licensee of RedHat > > 6.0 Linux or Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 operating system. > > Is there even such a thing as "a licensee of RedHat 6

Re: ibm jdk licence

2000-01-11 Thread Henning Makholm
Robert Varga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quotes a stupid license: > "You may only use the Program Code if you are a current licensee of RedHat > 6.0 Linux or Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 operating system. Is there even such a thing as "a licensee of RedHat 6.0"? > I would like to know whether there is a legall

Re: ibm jdk licence

2000-01-11 Thread Robert Varga
Ok, I was suggested to bring it up here, to provide some ammunition to contacting IBM. I am not quoting the discussion replies occured before on debian-users. My question: The following two sentences can be found in the License Agreement of the IBM JDK and JRE for Linux v1.1.8: "You may only us

Re: Release-critical Bugreport for January 7, 2000

2000-01-11 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 11:18:11PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Mike Markley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > If I'm reading this snippet correctly, all it's saying is that the images > > and other data can't be distributed w/o the GPL'd source code. I'm not > > entirely sure on whether or no

Re: Alternative trigger condition.

2000-01-11 Thread Ross N. Williams
Marc, At 1:33 PM +0100 11/1/2000, Marc van Leeuwen wrote: Thanks for your thoughtful comments on my licence. I think you have some good points, and I think I'm going to have to go off and redraft this clause and try and get it right this time. But I also think you're mistaken on a few points, so

Re: Alternative trigger condition.

2000-01-11 Thread Marc van Leeuwen
Dear Ross N. Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, you wrote > How's this for a new trigger condition for The Free World Licence: > > 2.1 CONTRACT: This Licence is a legal contract between you > and the Original Licensor (and possibly between you and > other contributing Licensors as well)

Re: Release-critical Bugreport for January 7, 2000

2000-01-11 Thread Marc van Leeuwen
Mike Markley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > If I'm reading this snippet correctly, all it's saying is that the images > and other data can't be distributed w/o the GPL'd source code. I'm not > entirely sure on whether or not this fits w/the DFSG... > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 10:17:23PM +0100, Rich