Re: License conflict for VM screensaver (kdeartwork)

2004-10-15 Thread Ben Burton
Hi, So the mentioned paragraph in vm_random.c should be considered struck as per July 22, 1999 In which case, could you (or someone else willing to take this responsibility) please delete the clause from vm_random.c in CVS to avoid future confusion? Thanks - Ben.

Re: License conflict for VM screensaver (kdeartwork)

2004-10-15 Thread Ben Burton
Good idea, I added (...) Many thanks. Ben.

Re: License conflict for VM screensaver (kdeartwork)

2004-10-15 Thread Ben Burton
That retraction is only valid for original BSD code, not for any changes to it. Ah, sorry -- don't drink derive, etc. -- this was also one of my concerns, especially since the file does seem to have been through some refashioning since it was pulled out of BSD. If any changes were made

Re: License conflict for VM screensaver (kdeartwork)

2004-10-14 Thread Ben Burton
Hi, (CCing debian-legal since they know better than I do. The problem here is a potential conflict between GPL and BSD-with-advertising-clause; see http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-core-develm=109779477208076w=2 for my original post. The question now is whether the advertising clause can be assumed

Re: GPL/LGPL confusion

2001-07-02 Thread Ben Burton
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Java, Python and GPL

2001-07-02 Thread Ben Burton
with are lawyers; any input from this list would be appreciated. I'm CCing this to the Jython development list since IMHO this is an issue that transcends the debian packaging and affects Jython distribution in general. Thanks, Ben. -- Ben Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

GPL/LGPL confusion

2001-07-01 Thread Ben Burton
with a GPL library and thus any software that links with foo must be GPL-compatible? Please CC me on replies; I'm not subscribed. Thanks - Ben. -- Ben Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://baasil.humbug.org.au/bab/ Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Most people are other people

Question: WM themes and copyrights

2001-05-29 Thread Ben Burton
similar to QNX. However, is looking similar to one a big problem ? If so, sawmill seems to contain a theme that resembles QNX, for example. ... -- Ben Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://baasil.humbug.org.au/bab/ Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] A thing is not necessarily true