Re: libjlha-java license problem

2006-06-03 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, > > Assuming that someone versed in Japanese can verify that the above > license corresponds to a normal 2-clause BSD license, you may indeed > include the software in Debian main. Debian main requires DFSG-free > licenses; it does not require English licenses. That said, you might > consid

Re: ipv6calc: IP address assignments as source code

2006-06-03 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >1. The C header files containing the address assignments in the tarball > are not source code in the GPL sense, ie. 'the preferred form of the > work for making modifications'. This means that we're technically > violating the GPL distributing the ipv6calc package i

Open-Xchange 0.8.2 CC+GPL license

2006-06-03 Thread Balint Reczey
Hi, I'm working on a set of packages for Open-XChange and I would like to know if it's current license made it able to enter non-free. When I started to work on the package, I thought, that all Open-Xchange files are covered by GPL but it turned out that the web interface were copyrighted. In t

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-03 Thread Toni Mueller
Hello, On Sat, 20.05.2006 at 16:18:44 -0500, Anthony Towns wrote: > three times the usual examination, and was done given the inability to > examine the license in public), this sounds _very_ strange to me. I can see why SUN might want their Java in Debian, but your statements just fuel consp

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-03 Thread Toni Mueller
Hello, On Sun, 21.05.2006 at 13:38:57 +0200, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know how much Sun decision-makers are worried that a move > against Debian could be bad PR... additionally, it harms *Debian's* PR a great deal if it turns out that Debian needs to pull the package.

pygaim license terms not present in source

2006-06-03 Thread Michael Spang
Hello, I have created a package [0] for PyGaim. Their SourceForge project page says that PyGaim is distributed under the GPL. There is no mention of this, however, in the source release. The _only_ place I have seen licensing terms mentioned is under "Project Details" on the SourceForge page

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-03 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 07:37:21PM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote: > > I really hope we can solve the issues in a graceful manner. > > ...and fast, too. This is urgent while that the package is in the > archive with the broken license. I think we should set a strict > deadline for pulling it, if not im

Re: Open-Xchange 0.8.2 CC+GPL license

2006-06-03 Thread Walter Landry
Balint Reczey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So please comment it wether the CC license + disclaimer allows the > inclusion of the open-xchange package in the official Debian packages > in the non-free section. The disclaimer, by itself, is not a problem for non-free. It does not create any problem

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-03 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 07:37:21PM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote: > > Unfortunately many many people out there are not very interested in > > dissecting licenses and in telling "real" and "fake" free software > > apart. Even less in examining potential issues with non-free packages. > Debian would beco