Re: openjdk-8 upstream limits source distribution?

2014-09-01 Thread Walter Landry
Steven Chamberlain wrote: > Hi, > > This is an odd statement for GPLv2 code: > > http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk8/ : >> International Use Restrictions > >> Due to limited intellectual property protection and enforcement in >> certain countries, the JDK source code may only be distributed t

Re: openjdk-8 upstream limits source distribution?

2014-09-01 Thread Riley Baird
> This is an odd statement for GPLv2 code: > > http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk8/ : >> International Use Restrictions > >> Due to limited intellectual property protection and enforcement in >> certain countries, the JDK source code may only be distributed to an >> authorized list of countries

Re: apache2 and gpl2+

2014-09-01 Thread Simon McVittie
On 01/09/14 20:03, Johannes Schauer wrote: > What would I put into debian/copyright? GPL2+ (which is what upstream uses but > is unredistributable) or GPL3+? If it was me, I'd state the facts: Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ Files: * Copyrigh

Re: apache2 and gpl2+

2014-09-01 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, Quoting Simon McVittie (2014-08-31 23:27:20) > [snip] > > The license applicable to the binaries is still not GPL-3, though - it is > ((GPL-2 or GPL-3 or ...) and Apache-2.0). The practical result is the same as > ((GPL-3 or ...) and Apache-2.0), but it matters if you're going to extract > GPL

Re: apache2 and gpl2+

2014-09-01 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, Quoting Riley Baird (2014-08-31 23:02:57) > > As it is pointed out here [5] and here [6], GPL2 is incompatible with > > Apache2 > > but GPL3 projects can contain Apache2 licensed code. Since vcmi is licensed > > GPL2+, could the Debian package upgrade the license to GPL3+ and thus turn > > i

openjdk-8 upstream limits source distribution?

2014-09-01 Thread Steven Chamberlain
Hi, This is an odd statement for GPLv2 code: http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk8/ : > International Use Restrictions > Due to limited intellectual property protection and enforcement in > certain countries, the JDK source code may only be distributed to an > authorized list of countries. You w

Feedback needed::: Bug#659873: Unclear FreeRDP license status - consider switching to GPL

2014-09-01 Thread Mike Gabriel
Dear people on the debian-legal ML, below you find part of a discussion that started around freerdp bug #659873. I Cc:ed the list earlier today, but unfortunately had a typo in the mail address. I'd appreciate some expertise on the discussion in bug #659873 [1]. Please Cc: the bug when re