Re: miboot floppies and non-free apple boot sector.

2004-08-28 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 11:38:31PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Sven Luther asked: > >BTW, what about an upload of miboot to non-free ? What would be needed for > >that ? A simple permission from apple ? > > Permission for Debian and its mirror network to distribute the boot sector. > That'

Answer Re: Does the "GPL version choice" impact GPL-compatibility?

2004-08-28 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Glenn Maynard asked: >Is it valid to combine GPL work placed under "GPL version 2" with one >under "GPL version 2 or any later version"? That is, do versioning >choices impact compatibility (when the versions overlap)? Are all future >modifications bound to give the same permission to upgrade the

Re: miboot floppies and non-free apple boot sector.

2004-08-28 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Sven Luther asked: >BTW, what about an upload of miboot to non-free ? What would be needed for >that ? A simple permission from apple ? Permission for Debian and its mirror network to distribute the boot sector. That's all that would be needed for non-free. -- Regarding clearn-room reverse-eng

Re: Answer Re: Does the "GPL version choice" impact GPL-compatibility?

2004-08-28 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 11:17:57PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Glenn Maynard asked: > >Is it valid to combine GPL work placed under "GPL version 2" with one > >under "GPL version 2 or any later version"? That is, do versioning > >choices impact compatibility (when the versions overlap)? Are

Re: Answer Re: Does the "GPL version choice" impact GPL-compatibility?

2004-08-28 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Glenn Maynard wrote: > You're > replying to my forwarding of the official answer, repeating the answer > as if it wasn't there. I can't imagine why, though I'm a little wary > at the moment for a Nerode-flood of thirty such useless replies at once > ... Reading list mail *way* behind, sorry. I w

Re: GPL "or any greater version" (was: NEW ocaml licence proposal)

2004-08-28 Thread Barak Pearlmutter
In reaction to this thread I have added an item to address this question to http://people.debian.org/~bap/dfsg-faq.html which I believe summarizes the consensus here, as well as the expressed opinion and intent of the FSF regarding the "or later" clause. -- Barak A. Pearlmutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: GPL "or any greater version" (was: NEW ocaml licence proposal)

2004-08-28 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 06:18:50AM -0600, Barak Pearlmutter wrote: > In reaction to this thread I have added an item to address this > question to > > http://people.debian.org/~bap/dfsg-faq.html > > which I believe summarizes the consensus here, as well as the > expressed opinion and intent of t