Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-08-27 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the case of point #3 that you're making here, are you saying that the AGPLv3 fails the dissident test? Yes, I'm saying that it might be failing it. If you use a program Not that this matters, since this test is not part of the DFSG. -- ciao, Marco -- To

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-08-27 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/8/27 Marco d'Itri [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the case of point #3 that you're making here, are you saying that the AGPLv3 fails the dissident test? Yes, I'm saying that it might be failing it. If you use a program Not that this matters, since this test is not part of

FAQ update: Q9, test origins, was: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-08-27 Thread MJ Ray
Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/8/27 Marco d'Itri [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the case of point #3 that you're making here, are you saying that the AGPLv3 fails the dissident test? Yes, I'm saying that it might be failing it. If you use a program Not that

Re: FAQ update: Q9, test origins, was: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-08-27 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/8/27 MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/8/27 Marco d'Itri [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the case of point #3 that you're making here, are you saying that the AGPLv3 fails the dissident test? Yes, I'm saying that it might be failing

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-08-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Miriam Ruiz writes (Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?): Do you think AGPLv3 is DFSG-free? Yes. The source-transmission requirement is hardly onerous, and there is an important class of sitations where that extra restriction is very important to stop someone making the code effectively proprietary. Ian.

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-08-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Miriam Ruiz writes (Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?): 2008/8/19 Arc Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If, however, you're using AGPLv3 software on your phone that allows other phone owners to play with you over bluetooth/wifi/etc without them needing to download a copy of the game from you, then you're

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-08-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Miriam Ruiz writes (Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?): 2008/8/25 Arc Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I respectfully request that PySoy not be packaged in Debian if the AGPLv3 is confirmed as non-free in the eyes of your project, as this would be considered by our project as false advertising in grouping

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-08-27 Thread Arc Riley
To be honest, I just don't want our project to be in the middle of this given the situation; - we're in 1.0-beta* phase right now receiving community input on the API as we build toward 1.0 - our last beta release was January 1st 2008, licensed under the GPLv3, so it can't be used to

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-08-27 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Miriam Ruiz writes (Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?): Do you think AGPLv3 is DFSG-free? Yes. The source-transmission requirement is hardly onerous, and there is an important class of sitations where that extra restriction is very important to stop someone making the code

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-08-27 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the case of point #3 that you're making here, are you saying that the AGPLv3 fails the dissident test? Yes, I'm saying that it might be failing it. If you use a program Not that this matters, since this test is not part of the DFSG. It's an old discussion. It may

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-08-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Arc Riley writes (Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?): To be honest, I just don't want our project to be in the middle of this given the situation; [stuff] I've been told that other AGPLv3 licensed projects in a greater state of stability are in the pipeline toward ftpmasters, which will set