[Fwd: Re: Problem with license of msv-xsdlib]

2006-09-07 Thread Eric Lavarde - Debian
Hi, our package msv-xsdlib [1] has been refused even from non-free due to license issues. Hence I've contacted the upstream developer (from Sun) and got the answer below. As I understand from different discussions that the CDDL license in critical in regard to "freeness", I have some questions: 1

Re: [Fwd: Re: Problem with license of msv-xsdlib]

2006-09-12 Thread Eric Lavarde - Debian
Hello, I sent the below email already a while ago, but didn't receive any answer. Can someone tell me what's wrong? Did I miss some important point of netiquette, or FAQ to read before asking stupid questions? Thanks, Eric Eric Lavarde - Debian wrote: Hi, our package msv-xsdlib [1] has been

Re: [Fwd: Re: Problem with license of msv-xsdlib]

2006-09-14 Thread Joe Smith
"Eric Lavarde - Debian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I sent the below email already a while ago, but didn't receive any answer. Can someone tell me what's wrong? Did I miss some important point of netiquette, or FAQ to read before asking stupid questions?

Re: [Fwd: Re: Problem with license of msv-xsdlib]

2006-09-23 Thread Eric Lavarde - Debian
Hello again, Last tentative: what's wrong with my request that I don't get _any_ answer? We have contacts within Sun with good will, we've got here a chance to influence (employees from) Sun with constructive remarks, but I need someone knowledgeable who helps me on the legal side, and tells me w

Re: [Fwd: Re: Problem with license of msv-xsdlib]

2006-09-24 Thread Nic Suzor
Eric Lavarde - Debian [Fri Sep 22, 2006 at 01:52:43PM +0200]: > Hello again, > > Last tentative: what's wrong with my request that I don't get _any_ answer? You did get an answer - check message from Joe Smith [Thu Sep 14, 2006 at 02:05:13PM -0400]. I agree with Joe, and believe that a CDDL lice

Re: [Fwd: Re: Problem with license of msv-xsdlib]

2006-09-25 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:21:18 +1000 Nic Suzor wrote: > Eric Lavarde - Debian [Fri Sep 22, 2006 at 01:52:43PM +0200]: > > Hello again, > > > > Last tentative: what's wrong with my request that I don't get _any_ > > answer? > > You did get an answer - check message from Joe Smith [Thu Sep 14, 2006

Re: [Fwd: Re: Problem with license of msv-xsdlib]

2006-09-26 Thread Eric Lavarde - Debian
Hi, > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:21:18 +1000 Nic Suzor wrote: > >> Eric Lavarde - Debian [Fri Sep 22, 2006 at 01:52:43PM +0200]: >> > Hello again, >> > >> > Last tentative: what's wrong with my request that I don't get _any_ >> > answer? >> >> You did get an answer - check message from Joe Smith [Thu

Re: [Fwd: Re: Problem with license of msv-xsdlib]

2006-09-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:31:21 +0200 (MEST) Eric Lavarde - Debian wrote: [> Francesco Poli wrote] > > Maybe another person who recommends the GPL could be useful to add > > "pressure" to adopt a DFSG-free licensing scheme... I don't know... > Neither do I, but if I manage to change Sun's opinion, I

Re: [Fwd: Re: Problem with license of msv-xsdlib]

2006-09-28 Thread Henri Sivonen
On Sep 7, 2006, at 14:59, Eric Lavarde - Debian wrote: Background of question 3 is that someone on the list might have an idea which other license could be acceptable to Sun (and I might suggest it to the developer). msv itself is under the new three-point BSD license plus a nuclear faci

Re: [Fwd: Re: Problem with license of msv-xsdlib]

2006-10-16 Thread Eric Lavarde - Debian
Hi, sorry that I answer so late but I was privately and professionally under time pressure. > On Sep 7, 2006, at 14:59, Eric Lavarde - Debian wrote: > >> Background of question 3 is that someone on the list might have an >> idea >> which other license could be acceptable to Sun (and I might sugge