Re: Using the Debian open use logo to distinguish DFSG-compatible licenses

2006-05-18 Thread MJ Ray
Evan Prodromou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [...] http://evan.prodromou.name/CC_Licence_Distinctions I think some of that is shooting at shadows, some is hyperbole and some is contentious: for example, the "minor techincal issues" with the CC licences *have* been exploited by licensors to render works

Re: Issues regarding powerpc and Sven

2006-05-18 Thread MJ Ray
Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 07:27:06AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > If it's clear and unmistakeable, why is it so easy to mistake? > > If it is so easy to mistake, why did only [EMAIL PROTECTED] mistake it? You don't know that only I did it. I'm just the one who pos

Re: Using the Debian open use logo to distinguish DFSG-compatible licenses

2006-05-18 Thread Evan Prodromou
Wouter Verhelst wrote: So: if there's a public statement by Debian or debian-legal on a license (like http://people.debian.org/~evan/ccsummary is now), would it be misleading for an organization to point to that statement? Especially if it was clear that the review and approval was not an endorse

Re: On-going anthropologic research about Debian

2006-05-18 Thread Ralph Katz
On 05/17/2006 05:00 PM, Daniel Ruoso wrote: > Hi all, > > It's been two years since I started to look at Debian with social > scientist eyes, and now I started to produce the report of the research. You may enjoy the "research for dummies" version of debian demographics with the new google tool:

Re: Using the Debian open use logo to distinguish DFSG-compatible licenses

2006-05-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 12:34:54PM -0400, Evan Prodromou wrote: > But I think there's some value for people deciding on a license in > knowing which licenses clearly prevent a work from being included in > Debian and which do not. I would think so, too. > So: if there's a public statement by Debi

Re: Using the Debian open use logo to distinguish DFSG-compatible ?licenses

2006-05-18 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Debian and which do not. So: if there's a public statement by Debian or >debian-legal on a license (like http://people.debian.org/~evan/ccsummary debian-legal@ is just a mailing list, so it cannot make any statement. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Using the Debian open use logo to distinguish DFSG-compatible licenses

2006-05-18 Thread Evan Prodromou
The upcoming Creative Commons 3.0 license suite is being tailored specifically to be compatible with the DFSG and make works licensed under the Attribution or Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 licenses acceptable for inclusion in Debian. One of the major criticisms of Creative Commons has been that they

RE: Mail Delivery (failure [EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Qurb #284192]

2006-05-18 Thread Mark Ziller
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Re: Issues regarding powerpc and Sven

2006-05-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 07:27:06AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Scripsit MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > If AJ meant it as purely a compliment, that's welcome (but > > > I wait to see) but it seems a strangely-worded one. > > > > It is a clear and unmistakeable c

Re: Proposal: The future of the Debian NM process

2006-05-18 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: >> I agree with a lower limit, but I think it would be better of to >> specify it in terms of "certain number of uploads" as opposed to "some >> time limit": >> I might have done 1 upload and just wait a 3 months, or