Re: 25+2 packages with (Glade) generated C source files without the source

2008-08-31 Thread Sami Liedes
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 09:12:34AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > I’m pretty sure many of the list are in similar cases. Now loading the > UI directly into the application is the standard, but not so long ago > people generated template code with glade and then edited it by hand. > The .glade fil

25+2 packages with (Glade) generated C source files without the source

2008-08-30 Thread Sami Liedes
[Note that I'm not subscribed to either d-d or d-legal so if you want to ask me something, the quickest way is to Cc: me] Hi, I grepped the source tarballs in Lenny (testing) main section for the note "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - it is generated by Glade." which indicates the file is generated using

Bug#497117: tangogps: Contains glade-generated files without source

2008-08-29 Thread Sami Liedes
Package: tangogps Version: 0.9.2-2 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1 [Cc: debian-legal] Hi, The files src/interface.c src/interface.h src/support.h src/support.c appear to be generated using the Glade user interface builder. However the source code for them (i.e. th

Bug#497115: gpsdrive: possibly non-free file scripts/gpsfetchmap.pl

2008-08-29 Thread Sami Liedes
Package: gpsdrive Version: 2.10~pre4-6 Severity: normal [Cc: to debian-legal] Hi, The source package contains the file scripts/gpsfetchmap.pl, which has this copyright notice: #!/usr/bin/perl # gpsfetchmap # # You are allowed to modif

Re: Bug#420686: It's not obvious esniper is legal (violation of eBay ToS)

2007-04-24 Thread Sami Liedes
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 10:17:22AM +0100, Dima Barsky wrote: > I'm not a lawyer either, but if we start talking about contributory > infringement, shouldn't we remove all P2P clients from Debian as well? > There is a much stronger case for contributory infringement there.. I'm not convinced. Signi

Re: Bug#420686: It's not obvious esniper is legal (violation of eBay ToS)

2007-04-24 Thread Sami Liedes
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 09:55:15AM +0300, Sami Liedes wrote: > I'd say it's rather obvious that there is a contract between the > seller and eBay, but that's just my view) is no legal use for this > program. Sorry, I meant the bidder and eBay. But now that's not

Re: Bug#420686: It's not obvious esniper is legal (violation of eBay ToS)

2007-04-23 Thread Sami Liedes
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 08:38:34AM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > How can it be illegal to distribute? Ebay User Agreements are not law > and Debian is not bound to it. Well, I don't know the law too well, that's why I asked you (and if you feel it's legal, I'm happy about that). But some kind o

Bug#420686: It's not obvious esniper is legal (violation of eBay ToS)

2007-04-23 Thread Sami Liedes
Package: esniper Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.3 [Cc:d to debian-legal] Hi, It's not obvious it is legal to distribute this software at all (probably it either is fit for main or unfit for non-free too). I suggest a review on debian-legal, since I'm not well versed in (at least thi

xpdf "informal clarification"

2007-01-21 Thread Sami Liedes
[Please maintain the Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], I'm not on this list] Hello, The copyright file (and the upstream[1]) of the package xpdf says the license is GPLv2, and: In order to cut down on the confusion a little bit, here are so

Concerns about works created by the US government

2005-04-06 Thread Sami Liedes
[Please Cc: me when replying] Hello, Generally for free software (and most other purposes) it seems that works created by the US government are usually considered (sometimes "effectively") to be in the public domain. I however have some concerns about this. The relevant US law says (title 17, ch

Re: reiser4 non-free?

2004-05-08 Thread Sami Liedes
[Sorry if I messed up the reply somehow, I wasn't subscribed and that made replying difficult. Now I am (to d-l). Couldn't these be archived somewhere in mbox format?] Hans Reiser wrote: > It is the license for reiser4progs and not reiser4 in the kernel. At least the kernel patches in the Debian

reiser4 non-free?

2004-04-24 Thread Sami Liedes
[Cc:'d to the reiser4progs maintainers. Please Cc: me when replying, I'm not subscribed to -legal.] There has previously been discussion at least in April 2003 on this list about the freeness of reiserfs. It seems a further "clarification" has been added to the license (GPL + clarifications) in b