We're proposing the following as a new licence for the WDG reference
material. From the earlier discussion on this list, I believe that this
licence meets the DFSG. Comments and suggestions are very welcome.
The files in this package may be freely modified and redistributed under
the follow
Arnoud writes:
> Is it required for debian free software/documentation that other people
> can just cut&paste from the work without the need for attributions?
You can require attribution.
> As I understand it, the amount of text you can cite under "fair use" is
> not formally defined,...
It's th
On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 11:53:40AM +, Arnoud 'Galactus' Engelfriet wrote:
> As I understand it, the program TeX is public domain, but the name TeX is a
> trademark held by the American Mathematics Society (AMS).
Yes, TeX is a trademark of AMS, and its use is regulated by the TRIP test.
Howeve
On 16 Apr 1999 16:05:17 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
>Arnoud writes:
>> And if you want to use a small portion of our text, you're citing from
>> our work, so that's already covered in copyright law (you must give us
>> credit, not cite more than necessary, etc).
>
>Under "fair use" I can quote from y
Arnoud writes:
> And if you want to use a small portion of our text, you're citing from
> our work, so that's already covered in copyright law (you must give us
> credit, not cite more than necessary, etc).
Under "fair use" I can quote from your text for critical or educational
purposes, but I can
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 13:43:28 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>> I was thinking more along the line of "If you make modifications, please send
>> them to us for review. If we approve of them, we'll add them to the official
>> distribution and give you appropriate credit. Otherwise, you must > above>.
On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 12:05:38PM +, Arnoud 'Galactus' Engelfriet wrote:
> Ok, so it's allowed to require something like this:
>
> If you make modifications to the reference, you must document them in the
> file CHANGELOG when you distribute them, and you must change the notice "(C)
> Copyrig
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:49:58 +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
>BTW, TeX is not in the public domain. Its license is quite hard to
>decipher, although it is generally considered free.
As I understand it, the program TeX is public domain, but the name TeX is a
trademark held by the American Ma
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:27:22 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>> The essential difference between software and documentation IMO is that for
>> the former, it's more important what it does than what it has internally. If
>> I can rewrite your code so it does the function better or safer, there
>> sho
On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 11:33:13AM +, Arnoud 'Galactus' Engelfriet wrote:
>
> The essential difference between software and documentation IMO is that for
> the former, it's more important what it does than what it has internally. If
> I can rewrite your code so it does the function better or s
On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 11:33:13AM +, Arnoud 'Galactus' Engelfriet wrote:
> Similarly, the TeX typesetting program
> is public domain, but may only be distributed as TeX if the program passes a
> certain test. Are these licenses considered free?
Name change requirement is OK. Certainly Mozill
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 23:58:44 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 09:23:23PM +, Arnoud 'Galactus' Engelfriet wrote:
>> I've looked at the debian license, but it only seems to cover programs, not
>> documentation like this. Is there a need to make reference materials also
>> "
Hi,
On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 09:23:23PM +, Arnoud 'Galactus' Engelfriet wrote:
> The problem is that we don't want modified versions of the reference
> materials floating around. We've had some bad experiences with people who
> inserted their own ad banners, or even modified the text to "correc
On Sun, 11 Apr 1999 15:08:51 +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
>Previously Liam Quinn wrote:
>> I'm looking for advice on how to overcome these concerns and allow the
>> references to be included in the main Debian distribution.
>
>I'm not online so I can't check your references, but I think saying in
Previously Liam Quinn wrote:
> I'm looking for advice on how to overcome these concerns and allow the
> references to be included in the main Debian distribution.
I'm not online so I can't check your references, but I think saying in
the license that a modified version can not be distributed using
Hi,
I maintain some HTML and CSS references in HTML and other formats [1]. The
current usage guidelines [2] prevent inclusion of the references in the
main Debian distribution, but I would like to correct this by issuing new
guidelines for using the references.
I don't mind having the references
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