Josh Triplett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On the other hand, if you take the source code to GCC and format it
into the shape of a Coca Cola trademark, then you can't use it for
selling soft drinks. Does this mean that GCC is not free?
No, no more than the fact that you can't modify the source
Hello,
The source of the symlinks package consists of a makefile, a manual
page, a C file, and an lsm file. None of the three former contains a
header with copyright and/or license information. The latter contains
the following lines:
CopyPolicy1 =(c) Mark Lord, freely distributable
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:06:34 -0700 Josh Triplett wrote:
See also libdvdcss, a piece of software that is Free Software in all
jurisdictions except the United States, in which its use is restricted
by ridiculous laws.
If you are referring to DMCA, I'm afraid that EUCD is very much similar
in
On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:14:08 +0100 Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote:
Josh Triplett [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Trademark problems only arise when the image is used in a
particular way. I would think that Debian is not obliged to and
cannot give permission for all possible uses of Debian software.
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:20:09 -0400 Nathanael Nerode wrote:
And if you're going to make a new one, consult debian-legal, cause
we're sufficiently paranoid. ;-)
Indeed. And, as you may already know,
Paranoy is a virtue. -- Anonymous
:-)
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Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
Josh Triplett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On the other hand, if you take the source code to GCC and format it
into the shape of a Coca Cola trademark, then you can't use it for
selling soft drinks. Does this mean that GCC is not free?
No, no more than the fact that you
On 2004-09-24 17:28:29 +0100 Martin Dickopp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What should I do now? Report a bug against symlinks?
Probably, yes, but I suggest starting licence needs clarification
bug rather than this is non-free you evil people as it's just not
clear what freely distributable
Josh Triplett [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Trademark problems only arise when the image is used in a particular
way. I would think that Debian is not obliged to and cannot give
permission for all possible uses of Debian software.
We most certainly can and should.
We can't give permission for
Josh Triplett [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Please note that I did not say that a work is non-free if it can be
transformed to contain a trademarked item, any more than a work is
non-free if it can be transformed to contain a copyrighted work to which
we don't have a Free license, such as the source
Josh Triplett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The trademark rights are entirely separate, and there's no reason for
Debian to license them in any way other than Free for use if there's
no confusion with Debian, either because they refer to Debian or
because they're in a domain where Debian does no
Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
But trademarks are names. That's all they are -- not necessarily in
roman characters or pronounceable, but names nonetheless.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 04:50:37PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
That's a huge leap, and I seriously doubt it was intended by the
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