Re: Consultation on the license BlueJ

2011-07-01 Thread Karl Goetz
ny of thse to be sure, so you should double check, and I'm judging by the Fedora wiki to see if its GPL compat or not. thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Retirement News Weekly Yorkton: Issue Fifteen

2011-05-13 Thread Karl Goetz
eply to spam in future - it only helps legitimise it for the spamassasin instance.) thanks, kk > -tuna > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 2:11 PM, RNW Yorkton > wrote: > > > >   ISSUE #15: May 13, 2011 7,593 Readers This Month! -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)

Re: NASA Open Source Agreement

2011-04-29 Thread Karl Goetz
udes a provision requiring changes to be your > “original creation”. Free software development depends on combining > code from third parties, and the NASA license doesn't permit this." Have you let the OSI know? its possible someone made a mistake, or they may simply disagree with the FS

Re: Auto-acceptance of license by download a problem for 'main'?

2011-04-28 Thread Karl Goetz
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:46:04 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote: > On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:39:05 +1000 Karl Goetz wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:42:32 -0400 > > Michael Hanke wrote: > > > > > Dear -legal, > > > > > > I'm currently looking

Re: Auto-acceptance of license by download a problem for 'main'?

2011-04-28 Thread Karl Goetz
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:20:46 -0400 Michael Hanke wrote: > [I've set reply-to to me, because I'm not subscribed to this list] > > Karl Goetz wrote: > > > > > > http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/slicer/slicer_3.6.3~svn16075-2/slicer.copyrig

Re: Auto-acceptance of license by download a problem for 'main'?

2011-04-27 Thread Karl Goetz
ussing it. Could you include the actual licence terms for the package you are working on, perhaps with its itp bug number? kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Which license am I looking for?

2009-04-07 Thread Karl Goetz
On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:00:00 +0200 Mark Weyer wrote: > On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 09:57:39PM +0930, Karl Goetz wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > I was wondering if you found any licences that fit what you were > > looking for? I didnt see a resolution to the thread [1] the first > &

Re: Which license am I looking for?

2009-04-05 Thread Karl Goetz
Hi Mark, I was wondering if you found any licences that fit what you were looking for? I didnt see a resolution to the thread [1] the first time around. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/01/msg00072.html kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian user / gNewSense contributor

Re: Major Vendors and FSF Announce Instigation of Cloud Alliance and New Open Source License

2009-04-01 Thread Karl Goetz
group also pre-announced the release > of a new license for cloud computing, the "CloudLeft Public License > (CPL)". The event coincides with the close of the Cloud Computing > Expo in New York City. Full details will be available next Monday. > kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_

Re: GNU Free Documentation License v1.3

2008-11-06 Thread Karl Goetz
to add a licence that was created with a very specific goal in mind (relicencing wikipedia) which will expire in 9 months (August next year). kk > Thanks. > > -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian user / gNewSense contributor http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Alternatives to Creative Commons

2008-09-17 Thread Karl Goetz
t Linux.conf.au this year in the games miniconf, someone from CC Australia was recomending the use of CC (-SA i think) for game data, and said it didnt conflict with the GPL. Unfortunately i dont think that part of the day was recorded :( Heres the miniconf link, incase you want to check. http:/

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-11 Thread Karl Goetz
s forced > to become a member of a cooperative. Participation remains is > voluntary. I'm not worried about people who 'opt in' to agpl software, i'm worried about people who *dont realise* what agpl means to them, and wind up in a tricky legal corner. kk > > --

Re: [Fwd: Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV call for help.]

2008-01-23 Thread Karl Goetz
On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 11:28 +, John Halton wrote: > On Jan 23, 2008 10:58 AM, Karl Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here, for the record - and to save Francesco Poli the trouble ;-) - is > the full text of the relevant section of the k

[Fwd: Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV call for help.]

2008-01-23 Thread Karl Goetz
Source Code, whether created by OpenVision or by a third party." I think this could threat this software freedom. pitof ___ gNewSense-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users -- Karl Goetz &

Re: patents on Frets on Fire, Pydance, StepMania and such games

2008-01-18 Thread Karl Goetz
nt. What is Debian's policy as regards software that > is encumbered by patents in one jurisdiction but not others? I expect many places with Free Trade Agreements with the USA will 'inherit' the patent from the US. Australia and New Zealand fall in this catagory i think. kk &g

Re: licence for Truecrypt

2006-06-20 Thread Karl Goetz
MJ Ray wrote: Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Karl Goetz writes: [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-knoppix/2006/06/msg00019.html [2] http://www.truecrypt.org/license.php [...] Overall, this seems like a fairly pointless and dangerous but not clearly unfree license; GPLv2 or v2+ wi

licence for Truecrypt

2006-06-20 Thread Karl Goetz
Hi all I was looking at truecrypt, and noticed that the licence is not considered 'free' by Klause Knopper[1], but i don't see a view from debian-legal. does anyone know if this licence [2] would be free enough to ship with debian? Or, for that matter, if its come up before on the list and i co