Re: Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-26 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 03:10:35PM -0400, Joe Drew wrote: On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 14:26, Branden Robinson wrote: On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 09:03:13AM -0400, Joe Drew wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 17:03, Branden Robinson wrote: On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:39:51AM -0700, Jeff Bailey wrote:

Re: Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-25 Thread Joe Drew
On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 17:03, Branden Robinson wrote: On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:39:51AM -0700, Jeff Bailey wrote: We also have essentially the same license with ttf-bitstream-vera. IMO, that isn't Free Software, either. There are no practical restrictions on its freedom; I fail to see how

Re: Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-25 Thread Joe Drew
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 14:26, Branden Robinson wrote: On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 09:03:13AM -0400, Joe Drew wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 17:03, Branden Robinson wrote: On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:39:51AM -0700, Jeff Bailey wrote: We also have essentially the same license with

Re: Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-24 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:39:51AM -0700, Jeff Bailey wrote: We also have essentially the same license with ttf-bitstream-vera. IMO, that isn't Free Software, either. -- G. Branden Robinson| One doesn't have a sense of humor. Debian GNU/Linux | It has

Re: Bug#181493: Is the Sun RPC License DFSG-free?

2003-08-22 Thread Jeff Bailey
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 02:05:57PM -0400, Brian T. Sniffen wrote: Has anybody asked Sun for a clarification of the license, or tried to obtain the code under a different license? Or maybe the FSF has obtained a suitable license and just forgot to update the copyright notice? Sun has