On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 09:57:22PM +0530, Sriram Narayanan wrote:
>> or LaForge too may be good sources of information.
>
> Who?
Harald Welte, founder of gpl-violations.org:
http://gpl-violations.org/about.html#whois
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"Marcelo E. Magallon" writes:
> My interpretation of the whole thing is that in order to comply with
> the terms of the GPLv2, we should put yet another file, README.GPLv2,
> in the .iso explaining how to obtain the sources and accompany that
> with the offer to provide source for three years
"Marcelo E. Magallon" wrote:
> Now, back to the Debian case, Bradley seems to think that
> providing a method to download the source (e.g. apt-get source)
> is not enough. If I understand it correctly, he's saying we
> must do something extra to comply with GPLv2§3: a) provide the
> source *
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 09:57:22PM +0530, Sriram Narayanan wrote:
> Joerg Schilling
You must be joking. We're looking for legal expertise, not reality
distortion fields.
> or LaForge too may be good sources of information.
Who?
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Hi everyone,
the request to stop redistributing Debian in Germany sparked an
interesting conversation in identi.ca:
http://identi.ca/conversation/69498913
In that conversation Bradley Kuhn said:
bkuhn @vinzv, Please note: *technically speaking*, !Debian
project itself violates !GPlv
Ken Arromdee writes:
> It's my understanding that in Germany lawyers can do this to copyright
> violators even though they are not the copyright holder.
This is not true. Under German competition law, someone can hire a
lawyer to send a cease-and-desist letter to a competitor if they are
gaining
Joerg Schilling or LaForge too may be good sources of information.
-- Sriram
On 4/24/11, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 11:11:58AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
>> I agree. I'm cc'ing the DPL to see if the project can ask SPI-inc.org
>> lawyers for assistance. Do we have access to
On Sun, 24 Apr 2011, Michael Wild wrote:
The
problem is that on Bittorrent, everyone who downloads also uploads. This
makes it illegal to download just a binary, since if you do that you're
also uploading just a binary, and uploading just a binary is a form of
distribution the GPL doesn't allow.
On Sun, 24 Apr 2011, Vincent Bernat wrote:
The
problem is that on Bittorrent, everyone who downloads also uploads. This
makes it illegal to download just a binary, since if you do that you're also
uploading just a binary, and uploading just a binary is a form of distribution
the GPL doesn't allo
Op 24/04/2011 14:02, Stefano Zacchiroli schreef:
I think the
first step to do is to get hold of the original cease and desist
mail. Has anyone managed to have it yet?
This story sounds too absurd to be true.
I've googled for the keywords "Media Art Holland" and I can't find the
web site of that
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 11:11:58AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> I agree. I'm cc'ing the DPL to see if the project can ask SPI-inc.org
> lawyers for assistance. Do we have access to German legal expertise?
I don't think it would be terribly useful to ask SPI for assistance, as
they are mostly involved
MJ Ray schrieb:
> Stefan Hirschmann wrote:
>> Short English summary:
>> -
>> A lawyer from Augsburg, Germany sent a "Abmahnung" [2] to a person which
>>downloaded Debian using Bittorrent.
>> The company "Media Art Holland b.v" claimed that she has the "Nutzungs
>> und
Stefan Hirschmann wrote:
> Short English summary:
> -
> A lawyer from Augsburg, Germany sent a "Abmahnung" [2] to a person which
>downloaded Debian using Bittorrent.
> The company "Media Art Holland b.v" claimed that she has the "Nutzungs
> und Verwertungsrechte" (some
On 04/24/2011 12:07 AM, Ken Arromdee wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Apr 2011, Stefan Hirschmann wrote:
>> The lawyer wants the poster to pay 700 Euro and stop uploading of Debian.
>> -
>> My opion is that this behavior is not good for Debian's reputation and
>> the project should take
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