Re: Software patents and Debian

2006-08-19 Thread Ben Finney
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This one time, at band camp, Ben Finney said: > > Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Still, the DFSG does not addrss patents. > > > > The DFSG doesn't talk about any particular branch of law. It talks > > about "the rights attached to the pro

Re: Software patents and Debian

2006-08-19 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Ben Finney said: > Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Still, the DFSG does not addrss patents. This means that there is no > > point in arguing that patent restrictions violate thit. > > The DFSG doesn't talk about any particular branch of law. It talks >

Re: Creative Commons 3.0 Public draft -- news and questions

2006-08-19 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Francesco Poli said: > This still concerns me... > I have previously discussed the issue on debian-legal, but I'm not yet > convinced that this clause passes the DFSG. > > What I do not understand basically boils down to: > > How can a license (allow a licensor to)

Re: Software patents and Debian

2006-08-19 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 10:41:29PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Still, the DFSG does not addrss patents. This means that there is no > >> point in arguing that patent restrictions violate thit. > >The DFSG doesn't talk about any particular branch of law. It talks > >ab

Re: Creative Commons 3.0 Public draft -- news and questions

2006-08-19 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:47:32 +0100 Matthew Garrett wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:45:08 +0100 Matthew Garrett wrote: > >> It seems entirely in line with the Chinese Dissident lala. > > > > If you disagree with my reasoning, as you seem to, I would li

Re: Software patents and Debian

2006-08-19 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Still, the DFSG does not addrss patents. This means that there is no >> point in arguing that patent restrictions violate thit. >The DFSG doesn't talk about any particular branch of law. It talks >about "the rights attached to the program" and other such phrases. To >th