Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Gervase Markham
Francesco Poli wrote: In the case of the AfferoGPLv3, I am *not* already distributing software. But you are distributing some sort of data - otherwise the person using the software would not be interacting with it. Interaction requires exchange of data. I modified the application and simply

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Gervase Markham
Christofer C. Bell wrote: As the AGPLv3 will force you, from the United States, to offer cryptographic software for export in the event that you modify server software using it and (make that software available for interaction over a network), it is forcing you to violate US law. Making

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Arc Riley
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:46 AM, Gervase Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it were just running on your server, there would be no distribution requirement. But it is running on your server and sending and receiving data from the user, which is different. This is the core of the issue. If

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Steve Langasek wrote: On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 01:49:38PM -0500, Jordi Guti?rrez Hermoso wrote: 2008/9/1 Christofer C. Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The AGPLv3 requires you to re-export that code in the event that you modify server software using it -- even if exporting crypto is illegal for

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/9/2 Arnoud Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not necessarily. A court may find the illegal clause severable and act as if that clause wasn't there. Or it may rule that compliance with the clause in question cannot be demanded from the licensee. That leaves the rest of the license intact.

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Arc Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080902 11:23]: In these cases, all it's doing is ensuring that the users of the software are granted the four software freedoms. It's not the users of the software, it's the users of services run by the software. We do not view this as a use restriction, as the

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Gervase Markham
Bernhard R. Link wrote: It's not the users of the software, it's the users of services run by the software. But in today's world, that's no longer a meaningful distinction. It used to be that software ran on a computer on my desk, and I interacted with the services provided by that software

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/9/2 Gervase Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It used to be that software ran on a computer on my desk, and I interacted with the services provided by that software using the attached monitor and keyboard. Now, I interact with the services provided by software that runs on a computer somewhere

ok for Redland to link against openssl?

2008-09-02 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I filed bug#488766 some months ago with no response from maintainer. Could I please have some more eyeballs on that: Am I right that Redland violates GPL? Or is it ok since Redland is dual-licensed, so it should simply always be considered as

Re: ok for Redland to link against openssl?

2008-09-02 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi again, Thanks for the quick response! On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 01:57:40PM +0100, Matthew Johnson wrote: On Tue Sep 02 14:17, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Currently morla (ITP bug#431824) cannot be packaged as it is GPL. Should I convince upstream

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Miriam Ruiz wrote: 2008/9/2 Arnoud Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not necessarily. A court may find the illegal clause severable and act as if that clause wasn't there. Or it may rule that compliance with the clause in question cannot be demanded from the licensee. That leaves the rest of

Re: ok for Redland to link against openssl?

2008-09-02 Thread Matthew Johnson
severity 488766 wishlist retitle 488766 librdf0-dev: Please provide gnutls flavor thanks On Tue Sep 02 14:17, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Hi, I filed bug#488766 some months ago with no response from maintainer. Could I please have some more eyeballs on that: Am I right that Redland violates

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/9/2 Arnoud Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What about point 12? What about it? A finding by a court that a GPL clause is severable or that I am excused from complying with it is not a condition in the sense of article 12. OK, I trust you in this, but shouldn't we wait for a court to

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread MJ Ray
Gervase Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are two points: 1) Is this software DFSG-free? 2) Does putting it into Debian have unfortunate practical consequences? In pursuit of an answer to question 1, I was making the point that there is no longer a meaningful distinction or bright line

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Gervase Markham
MJ Ray wrote: 1. Along similar lines, one question I keep returning to is Would a licence that required me to give a copy of the source at my expense if I let someone use the application on my laptop meet the DFSG? It doesn't require you to give them a copy. It requires you to offer

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread MJ Ray
Gervase Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MJ Ray wrote: 1. Along similar lines, one question I keep returning to is Would a licence that required me to give a copy of the source at my expense if I let someone use the application on my laptop meet the DFSG? It doesn't require you

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Arc Riley
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 6:29 AM, Bernhard R. Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Arc Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080902 11:23]: In these cases, all it's doing is ensuring that the users of the software are granted the four software freedoms. It's not the users of the software, it's the users of

The BRIC Telecoms Report

2008-09-02 Thread Telecommunications
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Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008, Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: Not necessarily. A court may find the illegal clause severable and act as if that clause wasn't there. Or it may rule that compliance with the clause in question cannot be demanded from the licensee. That leaves the rest of the license intact. A

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Miriam Ruiz wrote: 2008/9/2 Arnoud Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What about it? A finding by a court that a GPL clause is severable or that I am excused from complying with it is not a condition in the sense of article 12. OK, I trust you in this, but shouldn't we wait for a court to

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
2008/9/2 MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Would a licence that required me to give a copy of the source at my expense if I let someone use the application on my laptop meet the DFSG? Why is this a question that matters for the AGPL? Are you saying that the condition of distributing source over a

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Ken Arromdee
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Gervase Markham wrote: If it's a small embedded system, the source code is likely also to be small. Or is this a combination of the small embedded system objection and the gigabytes of modified source objection? This problem could actually arise for the GPL too. Consider a

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: You don't have to give source to every user of your software, only to those who ask. The GPL allows us to provide equivalent access to the source as we do to the binaries, which is something that is easily solvable using the same distribution

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
2008/9/3 Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 02 Sep 2008, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: You don't have to give source to every user of your software, only to those who ask. The GPL allows us to provide equivalent access to the source as we do to the binaries, And doesn't the AGPL too?

Re: Is AGPLv3 DFSG-free?

2008-09-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 03 Sep 2008, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: 2008/9/3 Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The GPL allows us to provide equivalent access to the source as we do to the binaries, And doesn't the AGPL too? Both the program and the source over the network? No, it requires distribution of