Re: Trademark misuse by gonicus?

2007-07-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
the name Debian in the name of the business, or a domain name of the business. I think it's possible to include Debian in your business name without misusing the trademark (eg a Debian support company), and the policy would not be legally enforceable in that case. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB

Re: Trademark misuse by gonicus?

2007-07-18 Thread Hamish Moffatt
stop them using the name Debian to refer to our product! Just like Coca-Cola can't stop you using the name Coke to refer to their product. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: A bit of history

2007-06-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
. This has been interesting. Yikes I'm up to 10 years in the next month or two also.. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Deficiencies in Debian

2007-05-11 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 08:32:23AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: You mean like the when the problems i now have are a direct result of me THIS THREAD IS NOT ABOUT YOU PLEASE. PLEASE LEAVE. -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Some thoughts on the ARM build daemons

2007-05-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
. How much faster is the fastest available ARM CPU compared to toffee? 667MHz at least (from Intel). Maybe higher from other vendors. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: Testing kernel version

2007-03-18 Thread Hamish Moffatt
. Note that the nvidia drivers don't seem to compile with = 2.6.19, due to linux/config.h being renamed to linux/autoconf.h (I think). Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: APT copyright

2007-03-10 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Training as it's an unrelated use. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bits from the DPL: DSA and buildds and DAM, oh my!

2007-02-23 Thread Hamish Moffatt
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Re: Bits from the DPL: DSA and buildds and DAM, oh my!

2007-02-23 Thread Hamish Moffatt
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Re: BREAKING NEWS: Debian developers aren't trusted

2007-02-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
release architectures. Wow, was there a point to your post or was pure insult? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Use of tokens for access to Debian resources?

2006-11-15 Thread Hamish Moffatt
... I agree. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Use of tokens for access to Debian resources?

2006-11-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
, because a software process at the other end has to know the current seed. (Often there is +/- one seed leeway). That over extremes of heat, cold, humidity etc which affect clock stability. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-09-01 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 03:07:11PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 11:00:44PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: To those who consider ROM-less hardware cheap and nasty I suggest the opposite is true. I design hardware (FPGAs) professionally for expensive communications

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-09-01 Thread Hamish Moffatt
that to be distributed to meet the DFSG. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-29 Thread Hamish Moffatt
- it loads different firmware for midi and spdif modes! Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: bet there are no senior citizen developers

2006-03-23 Thread Hamish Moffatt
problem so many people report Debian to have. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Information abount packages.d.o and experimental

2006-01-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 01:02:25AM +0100, Anders Breindahl wrote: Which reminds me; is there going to be a permanent solution to this, or is packages.d.o being migrated out of service? I hope not, as it's more useful than ftp.d.o ;) Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: Debian derivatives and the Maintainer: field (again)

2006-01-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
. We do need to be consistent about each. Any complaint we have about co-operation with Ubuntu should not mean we have special requirements with regard to attribution. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Complaint about #debian operator

2005-12-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
or predictable releases, and has a difficult time providing accountability. With friends like Ubuntu and Josh Rehman, who needs enemies? You seem to be equally unhelpful from recent postings on this list. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Non-DDs as official Debian package maintainers

2005-09-23 Thread Hamish Moffatt
we do not trust non-developers. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DCC usage of Debian trademark

2005-08-21 Thread Hamish Moffatt
by repeating it here.) The name of the Debian leader's delegate on a Debian-related matter is an SPI secret? Astonished, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Pledge To Killfile Andrew Suffield

2005-08-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
was misunderstood but haven't revealed your true meaning in a way that anyone else can understand. Consider the possibility that if your entire audience misunderstood you, you did not communicate your true meaning. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Debian Project Leader report for 2005-04-24

2005-04-25 Thread Hamish Moffatt
: I find the above to be quite unnecessarily condescending. We're not children and deserve to be treated as such. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian Project Leader report for 2005-04-24

2005-04-25 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 02:36:35PM +0200, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: On Monday 25 April 2005 14:10, Hamish Moffatt wrote: I think the request is ok (and the release managers have requested the same before, quite reasonably). My complaint was Branden's threat: if his email triggers

Re: GFDL freedoms

2005-04-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 09:55:12AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:37:02PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: You wrote 'specification', I wrote 'standards documents'. I call things by their real names. A 'standards document' is a specification promoted by a self

Re: GFDL freedoms

2005-04-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
, even if unmodifiable, are useful. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GFDL freedoms

2005-04-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 01:44:22AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 09:21:42AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 05:34:51PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: duplicated, or a blanket grant to include anything in main. As best we know so far

Re: Mail forwarding in return for Debian donation

2004-12-04 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 10:32:46PM +0100, Pete van der Spoel wrote: What about having a small financial reward for each release critical bug that is squashed? I'm going to code myself a Winnebago! - From Dilbert, IIRC. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

test -ignore

2004-05-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
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test -ignore

2004-05-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
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Re: Some Comments on Sexism in #debian

2004-03-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
. Would improving ease-of-use make debian usable by the dead? That is a very silly comment indeed. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Screw non-free.

2004-03-16 Thread Hamish Moffatt
--- [...] Many packages in non-free haven't had consistent versions across all architectures in over two years. Interesting, though I doubt this changes much, since most of our users run i386 and it's close to up to date. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proposed transition plan for non-free and call for help

2004-03-11 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 03:43:47PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 11:38:47PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: I suspect some of our users might not want to use packages from a less trusted source. I would have concerns myself. Of course, and this was indeed one the prime

Re: Proposed transition plan for non-free and call for help

2004-03-10 Thread Hamish Moffatt
it's important to note that you have proposed the possibility of adding non-free.org maintainers who are not debian.org maintainers. I suspect some of our users might not want to use packages from a less trusted source. I would have concerns myself. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Disputes between developers - content, draft #4

2002-11-06 Thread Hamish Moffatt
generalising the last sentence to both parties rather than both developers. Thanks, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: On the lets-remove-nonfree-proposal

2000-07-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
-free packages to debian.org? I notice that John still maintains idled and whirlgif from non-free, and according to http://www.debian.org/devel/people your xtrs package also requires non-free software to run. Regards Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP signature

Re: On the lets-remove-nonfree-proposal

2000-07-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ideals. Keeping it will. Thanks for listening. Thoughtful replies most welcome. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: request for a init script policy

2000-07-05 Thread Hamish Moffatt
idea comes from HP-UX before that. HP-UX's boot sequence looks very nice. (Until a job goes 'busy', 'wait', 'busy', 'wait' over and over and you've got no idea what's wrong with it!) Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: On the lets-remove-nonfree-proposal

2000-07-05 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Goerzen has already demonstrated on this list why the GR is unnecessary. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Clarifications

2000-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
is not. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: An ammendment (Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 10:33:17PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 4. Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software We will be guided by the needs of our users and the free-software community. We will place their interests first in our

Re: An ammendment (Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 03:30:04PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: What do we need this in a GR for? To reaffirm the principles you are working to erode. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP signature

Re: An ammendment (Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ing. We believe in: rough consensus and working code.'' -- Dave Clark -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP signature

Re: Incoming

2000-04-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
not to. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Incoming

2000-03-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
be safer if end users didn't download from incoming at all, but that's just me. I always upload my packages to a local FTP server as well and notify anyone who needs them early where to get them. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Stop Debian/FreeBSD

1999-11-23 Thread Hamish Moffatt
not use BSD regularly. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB. CCs of replies on mailing lists are welcome.

Re: Stop Debian/FreeBSD

1999-11-23 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 02:31:28PM +0100, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: What about booting FreeBSD from extfs? Good question. Not yet, it seems. I'm running 3.1-RELEASE or 3.2-RELEASE though, I don't remember which (I don't use it). Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB. CCs of replies on mailing lists

Re: Debian FreeBSD

1999-11-21 Thread Hamish Moffatt
not too familar with how syscalls actually work in practice, despite spending many hours in lectures on how they work in theory ;-) Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB. CCs of replies on mailing lists are welcome.

Re: Stop Debian/FreeBSD

1999-11-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
be stolen from Debian GNU/FreeBSD that isn't already available to anyone who wants it. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB. CCs of replies on mailing lists are welcome.