Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Tom Dial
S Constitution's first amendment and the rather extensive derived jurisprudence protects a lot of opinionated and arguably rude statements that some might consider defamatory and that in some countries may be legally actionable as such. It is much better, and almost always much more productive, to avoid personal attacks and maintain polite demeanor in discussions. Regards, Tom Dial > Thoughts?

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Re: The license of OpenMotif (Open Group Public License)

2018-10-26 Thread Tom Callaway
s), we would not consider it acceptable either. ~tom

Fwd: SPIN license -- now BSD 3-Clause!

2016-01-01 Thread Tom Lee
of the software by Lucent & has licensed spin 6.4.5 under 3-clause BSD [2]. Are there any additional legal hurdles to clear here before somebody could move forward RE: packaging up spin for debian? Cheers, Tom [1] "Bug#296369: ITP: spin -- Powerfull model checking and softwareverification too

Re: OpenCASCADE re-licensing: a (desperate) call for help

2012-06-29 Thread Tom M
I wonder what it would take to just buy the company and turn it GPLv2 It would make one heck of a kickstarter. On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.auwrote: Francesco Poli invernom...@paranoici.org writes: I am personally trying hard to persuade Open CASCADE

Re: NetBeans ITP [was Re: CDDL]

2006-12-05 Thread Tom Marble
people are loudly claiming to be easy to talk to, yet aren't really. Simon's blog entry is from a while ago, so yes the comments are closed. But you can comment here, send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and/or get me on IRC (tmarble on OFTC #debian-java or #openjdk ). Regards, --Tom

NetBeans ITP [was Re: CDDL]

2006-12-02 Thread Tom Marble
available to Debian Developers and users it is apropos to work towards consensus on the DFSG status of CDDL. I welcome your comments and concerns. Respectfully, --Tom [1] http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/choice_of_venue [2] http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/ [3] http

Re: NetBeans ITP [was Re: CDDL]

2006-12-02 Thread Tom Marble
of it *are* compatible with any license as this was the specific rationale for adding the Classpath exception [1]. Thanks, --Tom [1] http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/faq.jsp#g6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sun clarifies intent of the DLJ

2006-06-05 Thread Tom Marble
re-written to clarify the relationship between the FAQ and the license itself. For further questions regarding intent please followup here or in the jdk-distros Forum [3]. Regards, --Tom [1] debian-legal http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/05/threads.htm [2] jpackage-discuss https

Re: [OT] Re: Sun responds to questions on the DLJ

2006-05-21 Thread Tom Marble
Josselin Mouette wrote: Le vendredi 19 mai 2006 à 23:42 -0500, Tom Marble a écrit : It was really great to be there... I enjoyed meeting you and many other Debian Developers. Perhaps the biggest thing for me to grok was that Debian isn't as much a technical organization as a social

Re: Sun responds to questions on the DLJ

2006-05-20 Thread Tom Marble
Josh Triplett wrote: Tom Marble wrote: Don Armstrong wrote: On Fri, 19 May 2006, Tom Marble wrote: + SECTION 2(c) There have been a series of speculations about this, despite the clarifications of FAQ #8. The term alternate technologies refers to projects such as kaffe, gcj

Sun responds to questions on the DLJ

2006-05-19 Thread Tom Marble
, --Tom [1] DLJ http://download.java.net/dlj/DLJ-v1.1.txt [2] DLJ-FAQ http://download.java.net/dlj/DLJ-FAQ-v1.1.txt signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Sun responds to questions on the DLJ

2006-05-19 Thread Tom Marble
Don Armstrong wrote: On Fri, 19 May 2006, Tom Marble wrote: Thanks for comming to Debconf; the discussions were interesting even if there were disagreements at times. It was really great to be there... I enjoyed meeting you and many other Debian Developers. Perhaps the biggest thing for me

RE: MP3 decoder packaged with XMMS

2005-07-15 Thread Tom Rosedale
There is no cost to Xiph for copying me on these. Jack and Monty are well aware of the legal environment in which they are operating. Please do not feel that it is necessary to remove me from this. Tom Thomas B. Rosedale Browne Rosedale Lanouette LLP 31 St. James Avenue, Suite 850 Boston, MA

GPL License question

2004-12-07 Thread Tom deL
way? Thanks in advance, -Tom

Re: GPL License question

2004-12-07 Thread Tom deL
Josh, thank you for taking the time to point me to some great reading! -Tom Josh Triplett wrote: Tom deL wrote: A product has piqued my interest and claims to be GPL but the disclaimers and general tone of their license explanation gives me pause. Any opinions of how truly open source

Re: most liberal license

2004-09-18 Thread tom
other rules and cultural concept to foregins, and probabily it is dfsg non free, but for the purpose you talk, maybe you find it useful. IMHO,IANAL Tom --- Josh Triplett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harald Geyer wrote: Joachim Breitner wrote: Harald Geyer wrote: Is there some other as free as public

Re: Debian and Mozilla Trademarks

2004-09-09 Thread tom
as just one license) is probably not dfsg free becouse of what requires in dealing with logos and trademarks [1] [0] http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/licensing.html [1] http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/licensing.html on the middle of the page Tom --- Paul C. Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Desert Island Test [Re: DRAFT: debian-legal summary of the QPL]

2004-07-13 Thread tom
really know how USAed is their legal system. I think we have to consider this, otherwise i see the danger of just-usa-DFSG-free. Tom _ ---o0o--- Aconsegueix [EMAIL PROTECTED] gratuÏtament a http://teatre.com :-))-:

Re: CC-based proposal (was FDL: no news?)

2004-07-06 Thread tom
just in MSplayer, or a text readable just whit adobe reader? Tom _ ---o0o--- Aconsegueix [EMAIL PROTECTED] gratuÏtament a http://teatre.com :-))-:

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-04 Thread tom
over said directories). Are they still covered by copyright law in that case? No. There is no relationship between copyright and effort. Copyright does not subsist in a list of facts. They may be covered by database property laws in some jurisdictions. Tom says: In UE we have a directive

Re: Contracts and licenses

2004-06-30 Thread tom
--- Brian Thomas Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's criminal in Brasil? Not a tort? Wacky. So you don't get any damages from me infringing your copyrights? tom: For what i know TORT category just exist in commn law (england, american, canadian, systems), and that hasen't

MasterMind(r)

2001-02-19 Thread Tom Cato Amundsen
board game. One of his translators will give me more info. -- Tom Cato Amundsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] GNU Solfege - free eartraining, http://www.gnu.org/software/solfege/

python 2.0 license

2000-10-20 Thread Tom Cato Amundsen
I cannot see much discussion about the python 2.0 license here, has a agreement been reached? Will python 2.0 be included in woody? Do you know other forums where this is discussed? Please don't say debian-private! -- Tom Cato Amundsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] GNU Solfege - free eartraining, http

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-21 Thread Tom Lear
looked at was not faked). Got it. How about You still need a separate licence to do so from the owner(s) of the copyright for XForms, see the XForms copyright.? - Tom

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-19 Thread Tom Lear
On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Joseph Carter wrote: On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 01:35:29PM -0700, Tom Lear wrote: Also I think it would be a good thing (even if not strictly required by law) to spell out explicitly that you are not purporting to relicense XForms itself. Okay, I get it now. I'd

XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-18 Thread Tom Lear
. Is that right? That would mean that we need a separate license from the xforms people. - Tom

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-18 Thread Tom Lear
Oops, forgot to say to CC me on replies... I'm not subscribed. - Tom

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-18 Thread Tom Lear
On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote: Tom Lear wrote: I'm writing the author of xfmix to request an exception for xforms, but I'm not clear on a point of our suggested exception. + You may link this software with XForms (Copyright (C) by T.C. Zhao and + Mark Overmars

Re: XForms GPL exception...

1999-06-18 Thread Tom Lear
On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote: Off the debian-legal list now... Tom Lear wrote: Well I think that sentence confuses things, specifically the word separate which to me implies separate from the licence that xforms is distributed under. Maybe somthing like (You already