Re: Non-free source package with downloadable parts

2003-04-08 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
3(d) Any direct or indirect distribution of any Bundled Products by you shall be under the terms of a license agreement containing terms that: (i) prohibit any modifications to the Derivative Works or any part thereof, Ouch. Depending on what constitutes a

Re: Revised LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL)

2003-04-08 Thread Jeremy Hankins
Frank Mittelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeff Licquia [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Except that you can't make GPL code validate with the LPPL validator, since the GPL and LPPL are not compatible. So, since there's no danger that the code will be run through the validator and identify itself

Re: Revised LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL)

2003-04-08 Thread Frank Mittelbach
Jeremy Hankins writes: Frank Mittelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeff Licquia [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Except that you can't make GPL code validate with the LPPL validator, since the GPL and LPPL are not compatible. So, since there's no danger that the code will be run through

Re: Bug#188158: ITP: libjta-java -- JTA is the JavaTM Transaction API from SunTM

2003-04-08 Thread Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis
On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 11:36:30AM +0200, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: Description : JTA is the JavaTM Transaction API from SunTM I think that Java Transaction API should be enough for the short description: `from SunTM' will be clear in the copyright file, and JTA is redundant (and not so self

Re: Bug#188158: ITP: libjta-java -- JTA is the JavaTM Transaction API from SunTM

2003-04-08 Thread Joe Drew
On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 11:57, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote: On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 11:36:30AM +0200, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: Description : JTA is the JavaTM Transaction API from SunTM I'm not sure you need to place `TM' after Java or Sun, so i'm Cc-ing -legal. pisces:~$ apt-cache

Re: Revised LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL)

2003-04-08 Thread Jeremy Hankins
Frank Mittelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: you can, of course, combine/run GPL packages with the base format LaTeX-Format, there are a packages of packages licenced in this way Hrm. So using a package file with LaTeX-Format is not analogous to linking (i.e., doesn't result in a combined,

Re: Bug#188158: ITP: libjta-java -- JTA is the JavaTM Transaction API from SunTM

2003-04-08 Thread Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis
On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 01:13:58PM -0400, Joe Drew wrote: Regardless of whether it's necessary, it seems we don't do it. (Linux is Linus' trademark.) Shouldn't we include a file in our distribution in wich we state that Linux is a trademark of Linus, this is a trademark of that and so on (or

Re: Revised LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL)

2003-04-08 Thread Frank Mittelbach
Jeremy Hankins writes: Frank Mittelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: you can, of course, combine/run GPL packages with the base format LaTeX-Format, there are a packages of packages licenced in this way Hrm. So using a package file with LaTeX-Format is not analogous to linking

Re: Revised LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL)

2003-04-08 Thread Jeremy Hankins
Frank Mittelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeremy Hankins writes: Hrm. So using a package file with LaTeX-Format is not analogous to linking (i.e., doesn't result in a combined, derived work)? it is not at all like linking in my understanding. I take it that you are not familar with

Re: Revised LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL)

2003-04-08 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Frank Mittelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: for the sake of an argument, what about 1. You must make your modified package output to the screen a message that it isn't the original package 2. If the environment where your modified package is intended to be used provides a

Re: Revised LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL)

2003-04-08 Thread Frank Mittelbach
Thomas Bushnell, BSG writes: Frank Mittelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: for the sake of an argument, what about 1. You must make your modified package output to the screen a message that it isn't the original package 2. If the environment where your modified

Re: Revised LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL)

2003-04-08 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Frank Mittelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'd prefer just saying that the documentation must make clear what the provenance is. I take this as a yes, though you do not like it, correct? Neither.

Re: Revised LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL)

2003-04-08 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Frank Mittelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thomas Bushnell, BSG writes: Frank Mittelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: for the sake of an argument, what about 1. You must make your modified package output to the screen a message that it isn't the original package

Re: Revised LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL)

2003-04-08 Thread Jeremy Hankins
Frank Mittelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeremy Hankins writes: I'm not all that knowledgeable about latex, but I do use it and I have read the discussions here. So correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that a package file has a very intimate level of contact with

Re: Revised LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL)

2003-04-08 Thread Walter Landry
Frank Mittelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Landry writes: So if the LaTeX people become evil and later decide to change the format so that you get different behavior with non-validating files, then there has been a retroactive change in the licensing terms. What exactly the

Re: Bug: 111609 RFP for cathedral-book; license question

2003-04-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 09:26:52PM -0400, Jay Bonci wrote: When looking at the RFP for cathedral-book at #111609, the license is mentioned as the Open Publication License 2.0. The only specific mention I see of that is at: http://opencontent.org/opl.shtml and