Re: Freeness of vague Synopsys license

2017-11-21 Thread Andreas Bombe
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:11:28AM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Andreas Bombe writes ("Freeness of vague Synopsys license"): > > Keeping these files would be "nice to have" but not a requirement. Users > > with legacy VHDL projects using Synopsys libraries would need to find > > and install these li

Re: French gov open license

2017-11-21 Thread Ben Finney
Jérémy Lal writes: > I don't think there is such a thing named "recognized by DFSG". I agree. > A license can pass DFSG or not, and this one, after reading it, > seems to be okay. More precisely, “pass DFSG” is not something we can ask of licenses. Rather, the DFSG are for evaluating a *work*

Re: legal issues of libmusicxml

2017-11-21 Thread Ian Jackson
Joël Krähemann writes ("legal issues of libmusicxml"): > I consider adding library routines support for MusicXML to my > application in main. > > http://www.musicxml.com/for-developers/musicxml-xsd/ > http://www.musicxml.org/dtds/license.html > > Would this cause a legal conflict? Or would it mak

Re: French gov open license

2017-11-21 Thread Jérémy Lal
Hi Xavier, I don't think there is such a thing named "recognized by DFSG". A license can pass DFSG or not, and this one, after reading it, seems to be okay. Hopefully more experimented eyes will read it too. IANAL, Jérémy (x97). 2017-11-21 18:35 GMT+01:00 Xavier : > Hi all, > > French govern

French gov open license

2017-11-21 Thread Xavier
Hi all, French government uses now lo/ol license to publish its open datas: https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Open_Licence.pdf "To facilitate the re-use of the « Information », this licence has been designed to be compatible with any licence which requires at least the attribu

Re: EULA vs BSL,EULA vs BSL

2017-11-21 Thread Walter Landry
IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) wrote: > (please CC me, as i'm not subscribed to the list) > > On 2017-11-20 22:20, Walter Landry wrote: >>> >>> now i wonder, are these header files licensed under the EULA or under >>> the BSL? >> >> Are the headers sufficient for development, or does it require

legal issues of libmusicxml

2017-11-21 Thread Joël Krähemann
Hi, I consider adding library routines support for MusicXML to my application in main. http://www.musicxml.com/for-developers/musicxml-xsd/ http://www.musicxml.org/dtds/license.html Would this cause a legal conflict? Or would it make it impossible to distribute in main? Bests, Joël Krähemann

Re: EULA vs BSL,EULA vs BSL

2017-11-21 Thread Debian/GNU
(please CC me, as i'm not subscribed to the list) On 2017-11-20 22:20, Walter Landry wrote: >> >> now i wonder, are these header files licensed under the EULA or under >> the BSL? > > Are the headers sufficient for development, or does it require some > compiled libraries? If so, it does not mat

Re: clementine: installs non-free plugin at runtime

2017-11-21 Thread Ian Jackson
Anthony DeRobertis writes ("Re: clementine: installs non-free plugin at runtime"): > I think it'd be reasonable to make the confirmation dialog explicitly > say that the plugin is not free software. But other than that, which > does not warrant severity: serious, I think this bug should be closed