Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: License for the mersene twister implementation

2010-05-09 Thread Sam Geeraerts
Rubén Rodríguez Pérez schreef: I've found that the file mt19937db.c included in the BerkeleyDB package as distributed by Oracle, and written by you and Takuji Nishimura, is licensed under the "Artistic license". This license is listed as non-free by the Free Software Foundation[1], making the pac

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: License for the mersene twister implementation

2010-05-09 Thread Rubén Rodríguez
> Would the new license terms also apply to earlier versions? gNewSense > (Ubuntu 8.04) still has db4.2 in its repo and its newest version is > 4.6. No, You'll need to replace the file. This bug affects every distro.

[GNU-linux-libre] OpenOffice.org extensions

2010-05-09 Thread Sam Geeraerts
Hi, The FSF has announced that they'll be making a list of free software only extensions for OpenOffice.org [1]. This means that our version(s) of it should point to that location by default (from Tools -> Extension Manager -> Get more extensions here...). Does anyone have a patch for this ye

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: License for the mersene twister implementation

2010-05-09 Thread Sam Geeraerts
Rubén Rodríguez Pérez schreef: Hello, our intention (co-inventor Takuji Nishimura and me) is that make the algorithm as free as possible. Thus, it is our pleasure to make a GNU GPL licensed version. Thank you, these are wonderful news. Indeed it is. Excuse me, but could you please specify w