Re: Bug#383481: Must source code be easy to understand to fall under DFSG?

2006-11-02 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Francesco Poli wrote: > On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 18:38:34 +0100 Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > > But if I release a .ps file, it would be output from > > LaTeX and so it seems reasonable to insist that the software isn't > > free until the .tex file is available. > > In cases where the PostScript file is ge

Re: Bug#383481: Must source code be easy to understand to fall under DFSG?

2006-11-02 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:37:19 +0100 Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 18:38:34 +0100 Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > > > But if I release a .ps file, it would be output from > > > LaTeX and so it seems reasonable to insist that the software isn't > > > free until the

Re: Bug#383481: Must source code be easy to understand to fall under DFSG?

2006-11-02 Thread Terry Hancock
Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > That's what I would think. But consider this example. I write texts > in a homebrewed XML format, which makes little sense for anyone but > me. Obviously I prefer to use that format. I have an XSLT > transformation to make it HTML, and I distribute that HTML version of >

Is the University of Edinburgh clickwrap GPL DFSG-free?

2006-11-02 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
Is the following license, displayed as a precondition for downloading the software, DFSG-free? (Specifically, are there any traps in it that I am not seeing?) (NB. This "links" is a programming language implementation, not a version of the web browser by the same name.) License Agreement In do

Re: Is the University of Edinburgh clickwrap GPL DFSG-free?

2006-11-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 03 Nov 2006, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > Is the following license, displayed as a precondition for > downloading the software, DFSG-free? (Specifically, are there any > traps in it that I am not seeing?) Since (or assuming) it actually is GPLed, you can totally ignore the clickwrap. Si

Re: Is the University of Edinburgh clickwrap GPL DFSG-free?

2006-11-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006, Don Armstrong wrote: > By viewing the source, for example, and constructing a url which > bypasses the clickwrap entirely, or have someone else distribute the > source to you under the GPL. perl -MWWW::Mechanize -e 'my $m = WWW::Mechanize->new(); $m->get(q(http://www.inf.ed.a

Re: Is the University of Edinburgh clickwrap GPL DFSG-free?

2006-11-02 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
Don Armstrong wrote: > Since (or assuming) it actually is GPLed, you can totally ignore the > clickwrap. Simply arrange[1] to have the code distributed to you > simply under the terms of the GPL. [If it's not possible to ignore the > clickwrap entirely, then it's not actually GPLed.] Well, if I ca

Re: Is the University of Edinburgh clickwrap GPL DFSG-free?

2006-11-02 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Thursday 02 November 2006 23:11, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 03 Nov 2006, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > > Is the following license, displayed as a precondition for > > downloading the software, DFSG-free? (Specifically, are there any > > traps in it that I am not seeing?) > > Since (or assu

Re: Is the University of Edinburgh clickwrap GPL DFSG-free?

2006-11-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006, Sean Kellogg wrote: > On Thursday 02 November 2006 23:11, Don Armstrong wrote: > > Since (or assuming) it actually is GPLed, you can totally ignore > > the clickwrap. Simply arrange[1] to have the code distributed to > > you simply under the terms of the GPL. [If it's not possi