is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
I was looking at the code of mixmaster, an anonymous remailer client/server application. It allows protection against traffic analysis and allows sending email anonymously or pseudonymously. http://mixmaster.sourceforge.net I'm wondering if the licence is DFSG-compliant ? Could any lawyer here gi

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 04:26:02PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > I was looking at the code of mixmaster, an anonymous remailer > client/server application. It allows protection against traffic > analysis and allows sending email anonymously or pseudonymously. > > http://mixmaster.sourceforge

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Peter Makholm
Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >(iii) provide Anonymizer Inc. with a copy of the Source Code of >such modifications or work by electronic mail, and grant >Anonymizer Inc. a perpetual, royalty-free license to use and >distribute the modifications or

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Peter Makholm
Peter Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> This Software/Hardware product contains the algorithm IDEA(TM) as >> described and claimed in US Patent No. 5,214,703, EPO Patent >> No. 0482154 and filed Japanese Patent Application No. 508119/1991 > > This patent expired a year ago so it shouldn't mat

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 04:54:39PM +0200, Peter Makholm wrote: > Peter Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> This Software/Hardware product contains the algorithm IDEA(TM) as > >> described and claimed in US Patent No. 5,214,703, EPO Patent > >> No. 0482154 and filed Japanese Patent Applicati

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Walter Landry
Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >(iii) provide Anonymizer Inc. with a copy of the Source Code of >such modifications or work by electronic mail, and grant >Anonymizer Inc. a perpetual, royalty-free license to use and >distribute the modifications or wo

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > I was looking at the code of mixmaster, an anonymous remailer > client/server application. It allows protection against traffic > analysis and allows sending email anonymously or pseudonymously. > > http://mixmaster.sourceforge.net > > I'm wonder

Re: aspell-nl license

2002-08-15 Thread Richard Stallman
I think word lists are copyrightable. The selection is a matter of choice, not simple fact. Note that Feist applies only to the US; phone directories may be copyrightable in some countries. Compatibility with the GPL is not an issue here; the dictionary is legally a separate work from any progra

Re: TeX Licenses & teTeX (Was: Re: forwarded message from Jeff Licquia)

2002-08-15 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 12:00:58AM +0200, Lars Hellström wrote: > OK, so the patch files can be distributed, but where is the mechanism which > causes TeX to use them? Well, the DFSG doesn't say there has to be one! > Patch files must be allowed to be distributed, but there is no condition > that r

Re: DFSG 4

2002-08-15 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 02:27:39PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 18:18, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Is there, in fact, any other software that would need to be pulled > > from main if DSFG 4 were eliminated and DFSG 3 rewritten as follows: > > Just stumbled across one

Re: New Sun's documentation license

2002-08-15 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 07:20:14AM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: > In fact, it is a rather nice license, much better than the GFDL. It > is basically a copyleft for documents. It doesn't have the > endorsements or exemptions for small scale copying that many seem to > want. The only thing that giv

Re: New Sun's documentation license

2002-08-15 Thread Walter Landry
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 07:20:14AM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: > > In fact, it is a rather nice license, much better than the GFDL. It > > is basically a copyleft for documents. It doesn't have the > > endorsements or exemptions for small scale copyin

Re: New Sun's documentation license

2002-08-15 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 02:23:02PM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: Why did you CC me on this reply? > Python 2.1 has a choice of law clause (Virginia, a UCITA state). It > is also the default python for Debian. Choice of law has never been > interpreted to be unfree. As U.S. law becomes increasing