Re: Problematic distribution of P2P clients in France

2006-03-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 07:51:05AM +0100, Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 03:10:37AM +, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 03:22:56PM +, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > Simon V

Re: Problematic distribution of P2P clients in France

2006-03-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 03:10:37AM +, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 03:22:56PM +, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Simon Vallet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > 1=B0 To willingly edit, distribute to the public, or inform th

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-19 Thread Adam McKenna
On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 03:50:54AM +, MJ Ray wrote: > Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > What's the difference? > > One has 'or' and the other has 'and'. > Your lack of attention to detail is troubling. Thanks for pointing out the obvious with an obtuse, glib comment. I can see you're inte

Re: [IBPP-DISCUSS] IBPP license 1.0

2006-03-19 Thread Joe Smith
"MJ Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I think that's the one. There are several often called MIT. Someone has moved the copy on X.org to which http://www.fr.debian.org/legal/licenses/ links - has anyone a new URL besides the failed open source initiative, please

Re: [IBPP-DISCUSS] IBPP license 1.0

2006-03-19 Thread Joe Smith
"MJ Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] The MIT License (in case there would be multiple versions, I'm =20 referring to this one: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-=20 license.html) is indeed very close to the wishes of the IBPP authors. =20= I thin

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-19 Thread MJ Ray
Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 01:25:59PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > > Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Still, the person making the private copy is not distributing to anyone. > > > So > > > as long as he doesn't employ a technological measure to prevent *himself* >

Re: Problematic distribution of P2P clients in France

2006-03-19 Thread MJ Ray
Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 03:22:56PM +, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Simon Vallet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 1=B0 To willingly edit, distribute to the public, or inform the public > > > about, in any form, a device[2] whose obvious purpose is to permit >

Re: [IBPP-DISCUSS] IBPP license 1.0

2006-03-19 Thread MJ Ray
Olivier Mascia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Most of the two above should be in README and AUTHORS, in my opinion. > > There is no such files with IBPP. Much easier to have everything in a > single place. I disagree. The description of the software and the authors will chan

Re: GPL v3 possible issues.

2006-03-19 Thread MJ Ray
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, MJ Ray wrote: > > I have reported several defects to the FSF webmasters, but they have > > gone silent recently. Have you heard anything about making the > > comments system any-browser-compatible and generally accessible to > > all? > > Yes

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-19 Thread Måns Rullgård
Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 01:36:14AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: >> Adam McKenna wrote: >> >But you can only use one copy at a time. You could make a good >> >argument that the copies not in use are backup copies. (Remember, >> >we're talking about d

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-19 Thread Måns Rullgård
Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:05:53 + Måns Rullgård wrote: > >> Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Hello debian-legal experts ;-), >> > >> > I need a bit support to clarify the issue with cdrtools' build >> > system. >> > >> > Summary: a whi

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-19 Thread Adam McKenna
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 01:25:59PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 01:53:17PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > > > Maybe in the US. Private copies in England have more limited scope and we > > > seem to have limited or no right to make backups. This does co

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-19 Thread Adam McKenna
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 01:36:14AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > Adam McKenna wrote: > >But you can only use one copy at a time. You could make a good argument > >that > >the copies not in use are backup copies. (Remember, we're talking about > >documents here.) > > > Well, US copyright l

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-19 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:05:53 + Måns Rullgård wrote: > Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello debian-legal experts ;-), > > > > I need a bit support to clarify the issue with cdrtools' build > > system. > > > > Summary: a while ago, Joerg Schilling (upstream) replaced the > > cop

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-19 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:12:25 + Måns Rullgård wrote: > > > And since it does print such an announcement by default then it > > should be kept. However, I disagree on the level appropriateness - > > stuff like "This is a broken Linux system" does not belong to the > > disclaimer/copyright categ

Re: GPL v3 possible issues.

2006-03-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, MJ Ray wrote: > Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > While discussions here on the GPLv3 are quite appropriate, > > concerns about the actual draft should be voiced using > > gplv3.fsf.org and the web forms contained therein. > > I have reported several defects to the FSF web

Re: [IBPP-DISCUSS] IBPP license 1.0

2006-03-19 Thread Olivier Mascia
Dear all, Le 18 mars 06 à 15:20, Damyan Ivanov a écrit : [META: This is a cross-post to ibpp-discuss and debian-legal. I'd like to give direct discussion a chance, since I am rather busy and can't mediate in a timely fashion] Olivier, below is another comment about the new license. When answe

Re: Problematic distribution of P2P clients in France

2006-03-19 Thread Måns Rullgård
Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 01:39:12PM +, Måns Rullgård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 12:35:16PM +0100, Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-19 Thread Walter Landry
"Raul Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it's someone else's GPL'd C code, then in your hypothetical example, > he's supposed provide source to his students should they ask for it. That is my point. The Word document is the source. That is the format that he makes modifications in. This is

Re: Problematic distribution of P2P clients in France

2006-03-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 03:22:56PM +, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simon Vallet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 1=B0 To willingly edit, distribute to the public, or inform the public > > about, in any form, a device[2] whose obvious purpose is to permit > > unauthorized distribution of protected

Re: Problematic distribution of P2P clients in France

2006-03-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 01:39:12PM +, Måns Rullgård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 12:35:16PM +0100, Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> >If courts were to go for the first in

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Anthony DeRobertis [Sun, Mar 19 2006, 11:42:58AM]: > Måns Rullgård wrote: > >Incidentally, this is what the dvdrtools folks have already done. > > > > > Ummm, come to think of it, why is dvdrtools in non-free while cdrecord > is in main? I am waiting for the answer of its maintainer

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Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-19 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Måns Rullgård wrote: Incidentally, this is what the dvdrtools folks have already done. Ummm, come to think of it, why is dvdrtools in non-free while cdrecord is in main? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-19 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Eduard Bloch wrote: ---BEGIN QUOTE--- c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-19 Thread MJ Ray
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Better yet, why don't we recognize that the phrase "technical measures" > has a very specific meaning when we're talking about copyright > protection? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act You're citing both wikipedia and USA law? That se

Re: Problematic distribution of P2P clients in France

2006-03-19 Thread MJ Ray
Simon Vallet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 1=B0 To willingly edit, distribute to the public, or inform the public > about, in any form, a device[2] whose obvious purpose is to permit > unauthorized distribution of protected works Can someone tell me what 'obvious purpose' means here? Need it be intended f

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Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-19 Thread Måns Rullgård
"Bernhard R. Link" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Mns Rullgrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060319 01:14]: >> Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Not just linking; it's the creation of a derivative work of a GPLed >> > work. Frankly, I don't see how you can argue that cdrecord is not a >> > der

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-19 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Mns Rullgrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060319 01:14]: > Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Not just linking; it's the creation of a derivative work of a GPLed > > work. Frankly, I don't see how you can argue that cdrecord is not a > > derivative work of the GPLed part of cdrecord and the bui

Re: Problematic distribution of P2P clients in France

2006-03-19 Thread Simon Vallet
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 12:35:16 +0100 (CET) Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >If courts were to go for the first interpretation, my opinion is that > >french Debian (and other distributions) mirrors could be endangered. > > This is a problem for French mirror op

Re: Problematic distribution of P2P clients in France

2006-03-19 Thread Måns Rullgård
Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 12:35:16PM +0100, Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >If courts were to go for the first interpretation, my opinion is that >> >french Debian (and other distributions) mirrors could be enda

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-19 Thread Måns Rullgård
Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > #include > * Måns Rullgård [Sun, Mar 19 2006, 01:50:24AM]: >> Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> These are the bits I'm referring to, from cdrecorc.c (sorry for the >> long lines, but that's how it's written): >> >> ---BEGIN QUOTE--- >> /*

Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL

2006-03-19 Thread MJ Ray
Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 01:53:17PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > > Maybe in the US. Private copies in England have more limited scope and we > > seem to have limited or no right to make backups. This does comply with > > both letter and spirit of the Berne Union, as far

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Måns Rullgård [Sun, Mar 19 2006, 01:50:24AM]: > Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > These are the bits I'm referring to, from cdrecorc.c (sorry for the > long lines, but that's how it's written): > > ---BEGIN QUOTE--- > /* >* Begin restricted code for quality assura

Re: GPL v3 possible issues.

2006-03-19 Thread MJ Ray
"John Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On controlling music, I personally see no issues with this. With out DRM, > music or other media type content could not be legally made available over > the Internet. Sorry, someone has lied to you. Music and other content is regularly made available over the

Re: GPL v3 possible issues.

2006-03-19 Thread MJ Ray
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > While discussions here on the GPLv3 are quite appropriate, concerns > about the actual draft should be voiced using gplv3.fsf.org and the > web forms contained therein. I have reported several defects to the FSF webmasters, but they have gone silent recently. Ha

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-19 Thread Måns Rullgård
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Måns Rullgård wrote: >> A work can't be derived from another work without including some >> piece of it > > This is actually not the case; including output of a work (or > generated by a work) in another work can make that work a der

Re: Problematic distribution of P2P clients in France

2006-03-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 12:35:16PM +0100, Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >If courts were to go for the first interpretation, my opinion is that > >french Debian (and other distributions) mirrors could be endangered. > This is a problem for French mirror ope

Re: Problematic distribution of P2P clients in France

2006-03-19 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >If courts were to go for the first interpretation, my opinion is that >french Debian (and other distributions) mirrors could be endangered. This is a problem for French mirror operators, not for Debian. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

2006-03-19 Thread Alexander Terekhov
On 3/19/06, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Not just linking; it's the creation of a derivative work of a GPLed > work. Frankly, I don't see how you can argue that cdrecord is not a > derivative work of the GPLed part of cdrecord and the build system. Yeah, and your car is a deriv