MPL and Source Code

2006-04-02 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
Reading your previous posts about MPL, seems that the main problem MPL presents is that Debian does not keep source code for every change at least 6 months, as required in point 3.2. While this can be true for MPL packages being only in the archive it is not if the package is being

MPL and Source Code

2006-04-02 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
Reading your previous posts about MPL, seems that the main problem MPL presents is that Debian does not keep source code for every change at least 6 months, as required in point 3.2. While this can be true for MPL packages being only in the archive it is not if the package is being maintained

Re: Format of the copyright file

2006-04-02 Thread Raul Miller
On 3/31/06, Frank Küster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even without including license texts, this leads to a huge file: I'd start out with a copyrights directory instead of a flat copyright file, if that's easier to organize and manage. That said, I'd probably represent that directory in the package

Re: MPL and Source Code

2006-04-02 Thread Craig Southeren
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:55:01 +0200 Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reading your previous posts about MPL, seems that the main problem MPL presents is that Debian does not keep source code for every change at least 6 months, as required in point 3.2. While this can be

Re: MPL and Source Code

2006-04-02 Thread Michael Poole
Craig Southeren [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:55:01 +0200 Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reading your previous posts about MPL, seems that the main problem MPL presents is that Debian does not keep source code for every change at least 6 months, as

Re: MPL and Source Code

2006-04-02 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is not the only issue with the MPL -- as Mike Hommey recently Other people disagree. Reality is, the tests are not part of the DSFG and people like you so far have not managed to persuade the ftpmasters that choice of venue clauses violate the DFSG. -- ciao, Marco

Re: MPL license

2006-04-02 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 12:19:05PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: Section 3.2 is not the only problematic thing with the MPL license. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/06/msg00221.html Agreed fully. MPL has more than one problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: MPL and Source Code

2006-04-02 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 08:54:53PM +1000, Craig Southeren wrote: A problem would only occur if there was a Debian release that contained source code that is is not in the SVN archive. Does this ever occur? Security updates and NMU's come to mind. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: MPL and Source Code

2006-04-02 Thread Craig Southeren
On 02 Apr 2006 08:15:50 -0400 Michael Poole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ..deleted This is not the only issue with the MPL -- as Mike Hommey recently reminded -legal, there are others[1]. GPL section 3(b) is considered non-free in itself, but it is one of several options; a distributor may

Re: MPL and Source Code

2006-04-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 09:33:02AM +1000, Craig Southeren wrote: The MPL has the same requirement as the GPL regard distribution, i.e. distrbution of source on the same same media fulfills the license terms. For electronic distrbution, the terms are met by the historical nature of the SVN

Re: MPL and Source Code

2006-04-02 Thread Josh Triplett
Anthony DeRobertis wrote: On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 08:54:53PM +1000, Craig Southeren wrote: A problem would only occur if there was a Debian release that contained source code that is is not in the SVN archive. Does this ever occur? Security updates and NMU's come to mind. As do non-Debian

Re: MPL and Source Code

2006-04-02 Thread Craig Southeren
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:28:26 -0700 Josh Triplett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anthony DeRobertis wrote: On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 08:54:53PM +1000, Craig Southeren wrote: A problem would only occur if there was a Debian release that contained source code that is is not in the SVN archive. Does