Re: Is this license DFSG-free?

2003-05-16 Thread Nicolas Kratz
On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 08:40:42PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 07:47:17PM +0200, Nicolas Kratz wrote: Distribution You can freely redistritbute this software as long as all files are included. The files in this package are This is freeware; it is acutely

Re: Is this license DFSG-free?

2003-05-16 Thread Adam Warner
Hi Nicolas Kratz, This is freeware; it is acutely non-free (why do you even have to ask?). I rather ask and take the ridicule, if any, than brooding over legal implications I'm not very likely to understand. I do have severe trouble to parse legalese and licenses, maybe I'm just a few

Re: Is this license DFSG-free?

2003-05-16 Thread Nicolas Kratz
On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 12:22:31PM +1200, Adam Warner wrote: There is a very simple rule of thumb you haven't grokked: If you haven't been granted the permission to do something covered by copyright law in the licence then you don't have that permission. Once you realise this it will be easy

Open Card Consortium Source License - DFSG free?

2002-03-27 Thread Ben Pfaff
I'm thinking about packaging the Java-based Open Card Framework for use in accessing smart cards. It's freely available from www.opencard.org. I'm using it with a Java-based iButton (www.ibutton.org). The license is enclosed below, unchanged except for formatting to fit within standard email

Re: Open Card Consortium Source License - DFSG free?

2002-03-27 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 27-Mar-2002 Ben Pfaff wrote: I'm thinking about packaging the Java-based Open Card Framework for use in accessing smart cards. It's freely available from www.opencard.org. I'm using it with a Java-based iButton (www.ibutton.org). The license is enclosed below, unchanged except for

Re: Open Card Consortium Source License - DFSG free?

2002-03-27 Thread Walter Landry
Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking about packaging the Java-based Open Card Framework for use in accessing smart cards. It's freely available from www.opencard.org. I'm using it with a Java-based iButton (www.ibutton.org). The license is enclosed below, unchanged except for

Re: Open Card Consortium Source License - DFSG free?

2002-03-27 Thread Ben Pfaff
Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone see a reason why it is not DFSG-free? The paragraph that bothers me the most is the one at the end of clause 3: Each Contributor agrees to provide condensed summaries of its Contributions

Re: Open Card Consortium Source License - DFSG free?

2002-03-27 Thread Walter Landry
Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It may be impossible for people to make any notifications. Certain uses may preclude it, like making nuclear bombs, running a terrorist network, or hacking on a desert island. The clause does not specify how

Re: Internet Society's RFC license: DFSG-free or not?

2001-09-04 Thread Sam Hartman
It might be worth going back to Internet Society and asking if the qualification on derivative works is intended to be operative or informative. Remember you are dealing with a group that uses the term request for comments to cover anything from reports of network outages many years ago to the

Re: Internet Society's RFC license: DFSG-free or not?

2001-09-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 02:05:00AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: It might be worth going back to Internet Society and asking if the qualification on derivative works is intended to be operative or informative. Remember you are dealing with a group that uses the term request for comments to cover

Internet Society's RFC license: DFSG-free or not?

2001-09-03 Thread Branden Robinson
reopen 92810 thanks On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 02:03:14PM -0500, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: * Bogus report: Copyright is clearly DFSG-free: This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it

Re: Python 1.6 license DFSG free ?

2000-09-17 Thread Chloe Hoffman
. From: Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-legal@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Python 1.6 license DFSG free ? Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:32:09 +0100 I'd be interested to know what this means: 7. This License Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in all respects

Re: Squeak License DFSG free?

2000-09-13 Thread Marcus Denker
Hi! Thanks for your help. The font-issue will be resolved soon. And it seems to be possible that the license will be changed after this is done. I hope it will then be possible for Squeak to be real Free Software In the meantime Squeak has to be part of non-free. thanks again,

Re: Python 1.6 license DFSG free ?

2000-09-13 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
I'd be interested to know what this means: 7. This License Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in all respects by the law of the State of Virginia, excluding conflict of law provisions. If someone in Albania, say, is violating the licence, and CNRI wants to sue them in

Python 1.6 license DFSG free ?

2000-09-06 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Since I'm no legal expert, I'd like to collect your opinions about the Python 1.6 license (http://hdl.handle.net/1895.22/1012, see also the Python 1.6 License FAQ: http://www.python.org/1.6/license_faq.html). There's an argument whether this license is compatible with the GPL, but that's

Re: Python 1.6 license DFSG free ?

2000-09-06 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Gregor Hoffleit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since I'm no legal expert, I'd like to collect your opinions about the Python 1.6 license (http://hdl.handle.net/1895.22/1012, see also the Python 1.6 License FAQ: http://www.python.org/1.6/license_faq.html). It looks completely benign and DFSG-free.

Re: Squeak License DFSG free?

2000-08-29 Thread Marcus Denker
Hi! Some days ago I asked about the Squeak License, but I have not received any answer. http://squeak.org/license.html Is this License DFSG free? I've now built Debian packages (available at ftp://ftp.ira.uka.de/pub/squeak/debian/debian-2.2/2.8/ ) and I'd like to know if it is possible

Re: Squeak License DFSG free?

2000-08-29 Thread Peter Makholm
Marcus Denker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://squeak.org/license.html I'm not sure we can honor the preamble: PLEASE READ THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING THIS SOFTWARE. BY DOWNLOADING THIS SOFTWARE YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF

Is this license DFSG-free?

2000-08-21 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
I want to package something with this license. Is it acceptable to go into main? I'm most concerned with the 2nd paragraph -- does it pass DFSG 1? Thanks, Andrew Stribblehill, Systems Programmer, IT Service, University of Durham, England 8- Copyright 1999 by Dan Farmer.

Re: Is this license DFSG-free?

2000-08-21 Thread Samuel Hocevar
On Mon, Aug 21, 2000, Andrew Stribblehill wrote: I want to package something with this license. Is it acceptable to go into main? I'm most concerned with the 2nd paragraph -- does it pass DFSG 1? I don't think so. Also, this license does not explicitly allow modification and redistribution

Re: Is this license DFSG-free?

2000-08-21 Thread Colin Watson
Samuel Hocevar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Aug 21, 2000, Andrew Stribblehill wrote: I want to package something with this license. Is it acceptable to go into main? I'm most concerned with the 2nd paragraph -- does it pass DFSG 1? I don't think so. Also, this license does not

Re: Grail 0.6 license: DFSG-free? (and intent to adopt)

1999-04-04 Thread Ben Pfaff
Chris Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: CNRI has released the 0.6 version of Grail with a new license; it appears to be DFSG-free (or at least that appears to be their intent, since they have no plans to develop it further). It looks DFSG-free to me.

Re: Grail 0.6 license: DFSG-free? (and intent to adopt)

1999-04-04 Thread John Hasler
Chris Lawrence writes: CNRI has released the 0.6 version of Grail with a new license... ... If it is DFSG-free,... Looks ok to me. Is grail actually usable? -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will.

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