Re: Debian Open Use Logo License - is it compatible with...

2006-06-30 Thread Joe Smith
"Eddy Petrişor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello all, I was thinking on making a logo for the Debian Games Team but I need to combine the open use logo with an icon which is distributed under a different license. My questions are: 1) Are any of the following l

Re: shc -- #335278 broken packaging -- non-DD NMU prepared

2006-06-30 Thread Joe Smith
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 12:58:59AM +0200, Alexander Schmehl wrote: /** * 'Alleged RC4' Source Code picked up from the news." * From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John L. Allen)" * Newsgroups: comp.lang.c" * Subject: Shrink this C code for f

Re: licence for Truecrypt

2006-06-30 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 01 Jul 2006, Marco d'Itri wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >They do, but those clauses have been pointed out as being problematic > >multiple times. Copyright licenses should not need to invoke copyright > >law to secure protections which trademark law grants to trademarks. > > And still

Re: licence for Truecrypt

2006-06-30 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >They do, but those clauses have been pointed out as being problematic >multiple times. Copyright licenses should not need to invoke copyright >law to secure protections which trademark law grants to trademarks. And still, nobody has been able to convincingly explain why t

Re: shc -- #335278 broken packaging -- non-DD NMU prepared

2006-06-30 Thread Walter Landry
George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 29 June 2006 01:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 12:58:59AM +0200, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > > > /** > > > * 'Alleged RC4' Source Code picked up from the news." > > > * From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John L. Allen)" > > >

Re: Distributing GPL software

2006-06-30 Thread Michael Poole
Török Edvin writes: > On 30 Jun 2006 13:43:48 -0400, Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your questions about what makes a work "derived" from a GPLed work are > > good questions. Unfortunately, laws are not uniform on this; in the > > US, there are two or three different ways to analyze

Re: Distributing GPL software

2006-06-30 Thread Török Edvin
On 30 Jun 2006 13:43:48 -0400, Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Your questions about what makes a work "derived" from a GPLed work are good questions. Unfortunately, laws are not uniform on this; in the US, there are two or three different ways to analyze whether one work is derived from

Re: Distributing GPL software

2006-06-30 Thread Michael Poole
Your questions about what makes a work "derived" from a GPLed work are good questions. Unfortunately, laws are not uniform on this; in the US, there are two or three different ways to analyze whether one work is derived from another copyrighted work, and I imagine most other countries have their o

Distributing GPL software

2006-06-30 Thread Török Edvin
Hi, I have a couple of questions regarding the distribution of GPL software on commercial CDs. [I know the advice from debian-legal doesn't have legal authority, but I turned to your help, since you have a lot of experience dealing with licenses/copyrights.] [If this really is the wrong list, ple

Re: licence for Truecrypt

2006-06-30 Thread MJ Ray
I'm puzzled by what looks like a duplicated reply. I reply to only one. dtufs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > but UNACCEPTABLY protects integrity of the > > author's source (DFSG 4) due to attempting to > > enforce a super-trademark in III.1.a > > The PHP License 3.0 and the Apache License 1.0 (which >

Re: licence for Truecrypt

2006-06-30 Thread Michael Poole
dtufs writes: > > That's true, but you don't get to stake the moral > > high ground *after* replying at the same level. > > I wasn't at the same level. I just stated my opinion > on how things work in the real world. In contrast, the > other poster had directly insulted the person who > wrote the

Re: licence for Truecrypt

2006-06-30 Thread Michael Poole
dtufs writes: > Michael Poole wrote: > > First, Michael, thanks for your balanced response. > > > > it is non-free to require a distributor to serve > > copies of the work to third parties > > Well, conditions in Section 3 of the GPL v2 actually > do require distributor to serve copies of the

Re: Re: licence for Truecrypt

2006-06-30 Thread dtufs
> but UNACCEPTABLY protects integrity of the > author's source (DFSG 4) due to attempting to > enforce a super-trademark in III.1.a The PHP License 3.0 and the Apache License 1.0 (which are both approved as free software license by the FSF, and as open source license by the OSI) require exactly th

Re: licence for Truecrypt

2006-06-30 Thread Don Armstrong
First and foremost, if you're going to contribute on this list, please stop using aliases and start using your real name so that others understand on whose behalf you are speaking and more importantly, can connect your arguments with arguments you have made previously. Second, arguing on freeness

Re: licence for Truecrypt

2006-06-30 Thread dtufs
Michael Poole wrote: First, Michael, thanks for your balanced response. > it is non-free to require a distributor to serve > copies of the work to third parties Well, conditions in Section 3 of the GPL v2 actually do require distributor to serve copies of the work to third parties. > Vaguenes

Re: licence for Truecrypt

2006-06-30 Thread dtufs
> but UNACCEPTABLY protects integrity of the > author's source (DFSG 4) due to attempting to > enforce a super-trademark in III.1.a The PHP License 3.0 and the Apache License 1.0 (which are both approved as free software license by the FSF, and as open source license by the OSI) require exactly th

Debian Open Use Logo License - is it compatible with...

2006-06-30 Thread Eddy Petrişor
Hello all, I was thinking on making a logo for the Debian Games Team but I need to combine the open use logo with an icon which is distributed under a different license. My questions are: 1) Are any of the following licenses compatible with the Debian Open Use Logo License? a) GPL b) CC-BY 2

Re: shc -- #335278 broken packaging -- non-DD NMU prepared

2006-06-30 Thread George Danchev
On Thursday 29 June 2006 01:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 12:58:59AM +0200, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > > [ Cc-ing the bug report, so we have it in the bts, too ] > > > > Hi! > > > > - Now the real problem: shc.c > > > > Lookit at it we have: > > > > /** > > * This software