Re: Proposed licence for Debconf video recordings

2006-05-15 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 15 May 2006 03:34:12 +0100 Ben Hutchings wrote: > This is a proposed licence text for the Debconf video recordings > (and potentially other audio and video recordings), based on the MIT/X > licence: > > Here's the text: > > Copyright (c) > > Permission is hereby granted, free of charg

Re: Help Selecting License for Bacula Documentation

2006-05-15 Thread Mark Rafn
On Mon, 15 May 2006, John Goerzen wrote: Kern's main concern (correct me if I'm wrong, Kern) is that he doesn't want someone to be able to publish and sell paper versions of the manual. Is it possible to get a license that would be both DFSG-free and meet Kern's requirements? I hope not. It's

Re: Help Selecting License for Bacula Documentation

2006-05-15 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 15 May 2006, John Goerzen wrote: > Kern's main concern (correct me if I'm wrong, Kern) is that he > doesn't want someone to be able to publish and sell paper versions > of the manual. > > Is it possible to get a license that would be both DFSG-free and > meet Kern's requirements? Would th

Help Selecting License for Bacula Documentation

2006-05-15 Thread John Goerzen
Hello debian-legal, I'm forwarding, with permission, parts of a message from Kern Sibbald, author of Bacula and its manual. The current manual, which has a license listed at http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/index.html, is not DFSG-free. However, Kern has indicated a willingness to consider other

Re: MIDI file dual-licensed (GPL + Creative Commons) ok?

2006-05-15 Thread Uwe Hermann
Hi, thanks Francesco and Joe for the comments and insights. There's a lot more complexity in such license issues than one would expect and want to know, that's for sure ;) Anyways, I conclude that the license is good enough for Debian, so I'll leave the package intact, just slightly update the de