Re: Reusing GPL code without applying GPL legal in Europe?

2006-09-01 Thread MJ Ray
Sebastian Wangnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=377109;msg=186 ] > Mr. Schilling claims the following: > In Europe, we have the "Recht auf das wissenschaftliche Kleinzitat" > that allows us to cite other works without asking in case that

Re: Reusing GPL code without applying GPL legal in Europe?

2006-09-01 Thread Michael Below
Michael Below schrieb: As far as I understand part of the argument with Mr. Schily is about Makefiles, these might be trivial (I'm no programmer). I got the name wrong, sorry for that: It's Jörg Schilling. Michael Below -- Michael Below Rechtsanwalt www.judiz.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Reusing GPL code without applying GPL legal in Europe?

2006-09-01 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 01 September 2006 14:43, Sebastian Wangnick wrote: > Dear folks, > > in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=377109, Mr. Schilling > claims the following: > > In Europe, we have the "Recht auf das wissenschaftliche Kleinzitat" > that allows us to cite other works w

Re: Reusing GPL code without applying GPL legal in Europe?

2006-09-01 Thread Michael Below
Sebastian Wangnick schrieb: So the "Recht auf das wissenschaftliche Kleinzitat" allows a European author to "quote" small portions of e.g. GPL code without asking the author for permissions. The European "Urheberrecht" on the other side forbids a minor contributo

Re: Reusing GPL code without applying GPL legal in Europe?

2006-09-01 Thread Michael Poole
I am an American and not familiar with continental European systems, but the Berne Convention and its implementation in the USA agree with you. Article 10 of the Berne Convention[1] requires compliance with "fair practice" when quoting another's program, and Article 12 reserves the right of adapta

Reusing GPL code without applying GPL legal in Europe?

2006-09-01 Thread Sebastian Wangnick
Dear folks, in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=377109, Mr. Schilling claims the following: In Europe, we have the "Recht auf das wissenschaftliche Kleinzitat" that allows us to cite other works without asking in case that the quoted text (or images) is no

Re: Hypocrisy of Debian

2006-09-01 Thread Roberto Gordo Saez
Well, I've been reading the responses and I'm sorry for starting all of this. I don't like this kind of discussions, they deeply depress me, but it just happens that lately I'm getting involved frequently on many of them. I want to say some things. I hereby say that, in my subjective point of vie