Hi all,
I have found a software package I'd like to make into a proper Debian
package. Now the problem is a kind of mixed license.
The package is Gnosis-Utils:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnosisxml/?topic_id=912%2C868
And the license can be found here:
http://www.gnosis.cx/download/gnosis/doc/
Not all jurisdictions recognize the ability of authors to put their
works into the public domain. Perhaps you could get him to release
the code under a very permissive license, such as the MIT/X11 license?
If that's not acceptable, a public-domain declaration is, I think,
good enough for Debian -
Brian Thomas Sniffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Not all jurisdictions recognize the ability of authors to put their
> works into the public domain. Perhaps you could get him to release
> the code under a very permissive license, such as the MIT/X11 license?
Having just read the license -- muc
On Feb 5, 2004, at 12:44, Magnus Therning wrote:
And the license can be found here:
http://www.gnosis.cx/download/gnosis/doc/LICENSE
Despite silly things like "and in fact do anything you could do with
content of your own creation," I think it's fine to put the
public-domain stuff in main.
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 01:04:19PM -0500, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
> Not all jurisdictions recognize the ability of authors to put their
> works into the public domain.
I don't believe this to be accurate.
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Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 01:04:19PM -0500, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
>> Not all jurisdictions recognize the ability of authors to put their
>> works into the public domain.
>
> I don't believe this to be accurate.
Accurate or not, I doubt the author
On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 10:18:40AM +0100, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Accurate or not, I doubt the author would sue anyone in one of those
> places for using the code.
That doesn't matter. His heirs may.
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Glenn Maynard
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