[giuliomazzolini@tiscalinet.it: Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG]

2000-09-23 Thread giulio
--- Begin Message --- On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 12:05:44AM -0300, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > > It does not say only "any use ..is the sole responsability.." > > (disclaimer) it adds " is forbidden..". > > > > Any body who has been in far and strange countries knows how "local > > law" could be stu

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-18 Thread Joey Hess
Branden Robinson wrote: > On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 03:24:19PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > > Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Look up "tort" in a legal dictionary. > > > > Who gave this man a legal dictionary? > > What? Somebody needs to take it away from you before you hurt someone. ;-) -- see shy j

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-17 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
> It does not say only "any use ..is the sole responsability.." > (disclaimer) it adds " is forbidden..". > > Any body who has been in far and strange countries knows how "local > law" could be stupid, oppressive and casual, so since 'it is > forbidden' it prevent the use in such countries where

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 03:24:19PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Branden Robinson wrote: > > Look up "tort" in a legal dictionary. > > Who gave this man a legal dictionary? What? -- G. Branden Robinson |Murphy's Guide to Science: Debian GNU/Linux|If it's green or

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-17 Thread Joey Hess
Branden Robinson wrote: > Look up "tort" in a legal dictionary. Who gave this man a legal dictionary? -- see shy jo

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-16 Thread Branden Robinson
[my apologies for the private mail if you are subscribed to debian-legal] On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 07:30:05PM +0100, Stephen Turner wrote: > The reason for this clause was that I was advised by a lawyer (albeit > in an informal conversation) that I could be liable under UK law if a > user used the

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 05:29:59AM -0700, Steve M Bibayoff wrote: > Could you please define what "criminal laws" are, and where you found such > a word and defintion. Look up "tort" in a legal dictionary. -- G. Branden Robinson | Men use thought only to justify their Debian GNU/Lin

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-16 Thread Stephen Turner
I am the upstream author of analog. Sorry for not contributing to this discussion earlier. I just got back from holiday to find this forty-message thread. Contrary to what the filer of the original bug says, I did change this clause after he contacted me before -- that's why it changed from (the o

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-16 Thread giulio
On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 04:28:57PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > He's correct, the current part of the license in question is: > > 1) Any use of analog which is illegal under international or local law >is forbidden by this licence. Any such action is the sole >responsibility of the person co

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-15 Thread Joey Hess
Bernhard R. Link wrote: > > You quote wrong. It says: > > > > | 1. Any action which is illegal under international or local law is > > | forbidden by this licence. > > Ok, then the licence is old. Take the new from analogs home page. There > it is "Any use" He's correct, the current part of the

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-15 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Raul Miller wrote: > > Actually, there is a point related to what Bernhard is saying. > > > > At least in the U.S., only a small, small fraction of the laws are > > criminal laws. On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 05:29:59AM -0700, Steve M Bibayoff wrote: > Could you please define what

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-15 Thread Steve M Bibayoff
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Raul Miller wrote: > Actually, there is a point related to what Bernhard is saying. > > At least in the U.S., only a small, small fraction of the laws are > criminal laws. Could you please define what "criminal laws" are, and where you found such a word and defintion. Steve

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-15 Thread giulio
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 03:56:20PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Brian Behlendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > > > > 1.Any action which is illegal under international or local law is > > > forbidden by this licence. Any such action is the sole > > > re

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-15 Thread Bernhard R. Link
On 15 Sep 2000, Henning Makholm wrote: > > I may quote: "Any use of analog which is illegal under " > > You quote wrong. It says: > > | 1. Any action which is illegal under international or local law is > | forbidden by this licence. Ok, then the licence is old. Take the new from analogs home p

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-14 Thread Raul Miller
Scripsit "Bernhard R. Link" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (But please: Not because of "crime" as "field of endavour". On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 01:08:18AM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: > It is, whether you like it or not. Actually, there is a point related to what Bernhard is saying. At least in the U.S

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-14 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit "Bernhard R. Link" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Henning Makholm wrote: > > No. It says that if I commit any crime whatsoever (e.g. bicycling > > at night without the lights on), then I am breaking the contract > > that lets me use the software. > I may quote: "Any use of a

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-14 Thread Bernhard R. Link
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Henning Makholm wrote: > No. It says that if I commit any crime whatsoever (e.g. bicycling at night > without the lights on), then I am breaking the contract that lets me use > the software. I may quote: "Any use of analog which is illegal under " So your example does not ma

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-14 Thread Bernhard R. Link
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, David Starner wrote: > The DFSG is designed to be an objective standard. This clause in > particular is designed so people don't subjectively chose who > they like and who they don't. I also think so about objectivity. But you can overract. For example, i could get mad and

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-14 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit John Galt > Basically, it all boils down to: where this > contract fails, ALL contracts fail, No. It says that if I commit any crime whatsoever (e.g. bicycling at night without the lights on), then I am breaking the contract that lets me use the software. This does *NOT* apply to all oth

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Steve M Bibayoff
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > 1.Any action which is illegal under international or local law is > forbidden by this licence. Any such action is the sole > responsibility of the person committing the action. I jaywalked yesterday in CA, so did I now break the licence agreement? I jaywalke

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread John Galt
By my argument, it's redundant, not meaningless. The action which is illegal voids the contract, both in common law and explicitly by this particular contract clause. Basically, it all boils down to: where this contract fails, ALL contracts fail, and if this is not the case, the contract is unen

RE: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Eric Sherrill
;-) -- Eric R. Sherrill, WF Software Systems Engineer Texas Instruments HFAB1 Automation Systems Stafford, TX 77477-3006 -Original Message- From: John Galt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 3:11 PM To: Henning Makholm Cc: Brian Behlendorf; Joey Hess; debian-leg

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Raul Miller
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 02:10:52PM -0600, John Galt wrote: > This has always been a stone in my craw: why should a "keep it > legal" clause make it non DFSG free? "Keep it legal" is not the clause being discussed. Instead, it's "1.Any action which is illegal under international or local law is f

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread John Galt
This has always been a stone in my craw: why should a "keep it legal" clause make it non DFSG free? Contracts (licensing agreements) may not cover illegal actions: a contract to perform an arson is null and void regardless of the wording of the contract. So logically, a contract that has a "keep

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread David Starner
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 12:07:22PM -0700, Brian Behlendorf wrote: > On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, David Starner wrote: > > The DFSG is designed to be an objective standard. > > Not really, it's way too broad for that. If it were completely objective > there'd be no debate about whether a given license vi

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Brian Behlendorf
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, David Starner wrote: > The DFSG is designed to be an objective standard. Not really, it's way too broad for that. If it were completely objective there'd be no debate about whether a given license violated it or not. > Anyway, if this is acceptable, then can someone put in

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread William T Wilson
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > Please let me know what you think. I think we have had this debate before :} I don't remember what the final result was, but most agreed that it is silly to place restrictions on a license agreement that are already implied by local law, as they are really

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Raul Miller
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 06:11:15PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > I think this scenario leads to an very gray area. Where does > the author want to sue him? As I understand law, A broke only > the copyright laws of his "evil" country. (As you said before: > International agreements are not law bu

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread David Starner
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 06:14:59PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Don Marti wrote: > > > First of all, crime, especially organized crime, is a "Field of > > Endeavor." Second, some people who are considered criminals in one > > country are freedom fighters in another country

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit "Bernhard R. Link" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 13 Sep 2000, Henning Makholm wrote: > > It is not. Consider this scenario: > > the author of the software might sue A for breach of contract, even > > though A is outside of the jurisdiction of the local laws that he > > broke originally. > I

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Bernhard R. Link
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Don Marti wrote: > First of all, crime, especially organized crime, is a "Field of > Endeavor." Second, some people who are considered criminals in one > country are freedom fighters in another country. I do not think that theese are so valid points. > Third, [..] > > Not e

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Bernhard R. Link
On 13 Sep 2000, Henning Makholm wrote: > > It is not. Consider this scenario: > > the author of the software might sue A for breach of contract, even > though A is outside of the jurisdiction of the local laws that he > broke originally. > I think this scenario leads to an very gray area. Where

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Don Marti
begin Bernhard R. Link quotation of Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 11:34:05AM +0200: > First of all I see this as a moot point, as an illigal action is > illegal. By saying that you behave illegal, when you do something illegal > is no discrimination in my eyes but should be seen as only > beeing a reimind

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 11:58:59PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > 1.Any action which is illegal under international or local law is > forbidden by this licence. Any such action is the sole responsibility > of the person committing the action. Hmm.. and what about actions which are illegal even though t

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > We've had arguments over export regulations, and the general consensus > > is that they aren't DFSG free, so this isn't either. > I don't follow. This is not an export restriction. No, but the problem with export restriction clauses is not that they co

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Brian Behlendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > > 1.Any action which is illegal under international or local law is > > forbidden by this licence. Any such action is the sole > > responsibility of the person committing the action. > > This provision of the

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Bernhard R. Link
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > Please let me know what you think. > > - Forwarded message from Dave Cinege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > 1.Any action which is illegal under international or local law is forbidden by > this licence. Any such action is the sole responsibility of the pers

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona
Joey Hess writes: > Brian Behlendorf wrote: > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > > > 1.Any action which is illegal under international or local law is > > > forbidden by > > > this licence. Any such action is the sole responsibility of the person > > > committing the action. > > > [.

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread David Starner
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 12:16:08AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Brian Behlendorf wrote: > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > > > 1.Any action which is illegal under international or local law is > > > forbidden by > > > this licence. Any such action is the sole responsibility of the person > >

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Joey Hess
Brian Behlendorf wrote: > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > > 1.Any action which is illegal under international or local law is forbidden > > by > > this licence. Any such action is the sole responsibility of the person > > committing the action. > > > > This provision of the licence blaten

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Joey Hess
David Starner wrote: > On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 11:58:59PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > > Please let me know what you think. > > > > - Forwarded message from Dave Cinege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > > > > The Analog licence states: > > > > 1.Any action which is illegal under international or local

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Brian Behlendorf
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > 1.Any action which is illegal under international or local law is forbidden by > this licence. Any such action is the sole responsibility of the person > committing the action. > > This provision of the licence blatently violates section 6 of > the DFSG whic

Re: FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread David Starner
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 11:58:59PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Please let me know what you think. > > - Forwarded message from Dave Cinege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > > The Analog licence states: > > 1.Any action which is illegal under international or local law is forbidden by > this licence.

FWD: Analog licence violates DFSG

2000-09-13 Thread Joey Hess
Please let me know what you think. - Forwarded message from Dave Cinege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Dave Cinege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 02:50:19 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Analog licence violates DFSG Reply-To: [EMAIL P