Re: Final text of GPL v3

2007-07-04 Thread Måns Rullgård
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> You continually miss the point that the GPL is explicitly noted as a >> free license, which means that anything in the GPL is DFSG free. > > No. It means that works licensed under the GPL are considered free > s

Re: Final text of GPL v3

2007-07-04 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Don Armstrong > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: >>> Sklyarov did what he did AT HOME IN RUSSIA. It was the company he worked >>> for that marketed it in America. >> >> An

Re: Jagged Alliance 2 Source Code

2007-07-04 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dennis Schridde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes Trying again anyway, since when I don't get answers from anywhere, I can't work on it freely, so I won't work on it at all and it perhaps won't ever get packaged for Debian. Vicious circle... Is this thing (or any license

Re: Final text of GPL v3

2007-07-04 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes On Tue, 03 Jul 2007, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: Sklyarov did what he did AT HOME IN RUSSIA. It was the company he worked for that marketed it in America. And Sklyarov who traveled to the US and (at the time) allegedly bro

Re: Jagged Alliance 2 Source Code

2007-07-04 Thread Dennis Schridde
Am Mittwoch, 4. Juli 2007 schrieb Nic Suzor: > On 7/4/07, Dennis Schridde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is this thing (or any license in general, if that could be more easily > > answered) somehow mixable with the GPL? Eg. that I publish my derived > > work under the GPL and make an exception for

Re: Jagged Alliance 2 Source Code

2007-07-04 Thread Nic Suzor
On 7/4/07, Dennis Schridde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is this thing (or any license in general, if that could be more easily answered) somehow mixable with the GPL? Eg. that I publish my derived work under the GPL and make an exception for Strategy First to grant them what they want? The licenc

Re: Jagged Alliance 2 Source Code

2007-07-04 Thread Ben Finney
Dennis Schridde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Trying again anyway, since when I don't get answers from anywhere You could try a lawyer. After all, as is pointed out frequently, this list is largely comprised of people unqualified to offer legal advice. -- \ "I know you believe you understo

Re: Jagged Alliance 2 Source Code

2007-07-04 Thread Dennis Schridde
Am Mittwoch, 4. Juli 2007 schrieb Joe Smith: > "Ben Finney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Dennis Schridde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> This is not Debian related, but I think you are the ones who know > >> best about licensing issues. > > > > This list, deb

Re: Final text of GPL v3

2007-07-04 Thread Ben Finney
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You continually miss the point that the GPL is explicitly noted as a > free license, which means that anything in the GPL is DFSG free. No. It means that works licensed under the GPL are considered free software under the DFSG. That does *not* mean that

Re: Final text of GPL v3

2007-07-04 Thread Adam Borowski
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 12:50:18AM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: > > I think you are talking about clause 3b of GPLv2, aren't you? > > > > Maybe you picked the wrong example, because clause 3b *is* a non-free > > restriction. Fortunately there's another alternative option, > > represented by clause