Re: Using NASA Imagery

2009-01-18 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Don Armstrong d...@debian.org [090117 20:01]: On Sat, 17 Jan 2009, Miriam Ruiz wrote: Does anyone know if NASA conditions [1] are DFSG-free? According to what's written there, it seems to me that they're public domain (NASA still images; audio files; video; and computer files used in

Re: Yet another list statistics for debian-legal

2009-01-18 Thread MJ Ray
Andreas Tille ti...@ravel.debian.org wrote: --- start of mailing list specific part -- http://people.debian.org/~tille/liststats/authorstat_legal.pdf The quite often observed wave-shaped pattern and only a view activists left to discuss legal problems. I don't understand what that

Which license am I looking for?

2009-01-18 Thread Mark Weyer
I have a small software project which I intend to release soon. I have already looked at several free (or, in some cases, claimed to be free) licenses, but I have not found one which I found convincing. What I am looking for: - Copyleft with source requirement, but should not contaminate other

Re: Which license am I looking for?

2009-01-18 Thread David Paleino
Hello, On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:49:35 +0100, Mark Weyer wrote: What I am looking for: - Copyleft with source requirement, but should not contaminate other software. - No additional burden on anyone. In particular no requirements for derivatives to advertize, to not advertize, to follow

Re: Which license am I looking for?

2009-01-18 Thread Дмитрий Ледков
Heya David Paleino wrote: Hello, On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:49:35 +0100, Mark Weyer wrote: What I am looking for: - Copyleft with source requirement, but should not contaminate other software. - No additional burden on anyone. In particular no requirements for derivatives to advertize,

Re: Which license am I looking for?

2009-01-18 Thread Дмитрий Ледков
Mark Weyer wrote: I have a small software project which I intend to release soon. I have already looked at several free (or, in some cases, claimed to be free) licenses, but I have not found one which I found convincing. What I am looking for: - Copyleft with source requirement, but should

Re: Yet another list statistics for debian-project

2009-01-18 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009, MJ Ray wrote: I suspect analysis by month and by volume would be more illuminating. I took a look at the code, but there's not much explanation. Is it possible to add volumes in an easy way? Sorry the code is crude at best - I will rewrite it from scratch if this

Re: Which license am I looking for?

2009-01-18 Thread Mark Weyer
Sorry if this breaks threading. Subscription was not as quick as I thought. On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 01:49:35PM +0100, Mark Weyer wrote: - Copyleft with source requirement, but should not contaminate other software. - No additional burden on anyone. In particular no requirements for

Re: Which license am I looking for?

2009-01-18 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:58:06 +0100 Mark Weyer wrote: [...] On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 01:49:35PM +0100, Mark Weyer wrote: - Copyleft with source requirement, but should not contaminate other software. [...] Maybe I should have been less terse. - With source requirement I meant that source

Re: Which license am I looking for?

2009-01-18 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message 20090118174305.620e0088@firenze.linux.it, Francesco Poli f...@firenze.linux.it writes On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 01:49:35PM +0100, Mark Weyer wrote: - Copyleft with source requirement, but should not contaminate other software. [...] Maybe I should have been less terse. - With

Re: Which license am I looking for?

2009-01-18 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: So if I use a little bit of copyleft code in my program I have to make the whole lot free? If you don't want to require this, you don't want copyleft. There's no license that I'm aware of that distinguishes between little bit, but still

Re: Using NASA Imagery

2009-01-18 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Sunday 18 January 2009 02:29:22 am Bernhard R. Link wrote: * Don Armstrong d...@debian.org [090117 20:01]: On Sat, 17 Jan 2009, Miriam Ruiz wrote: Does anyone know if NASA conditions [1] are DFSG-free? According to what's written there, it seems to me that they're public domain

Re: Which license am I looking for?

2009-01-18 Thread Mark Weyer
Thanks for your reply. On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 05:43:05PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:58:06 +0100 Mark Weyer wrote: [...] On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 01:49:35PM +0100, Mark Weyer wrote: - Copyleft with source requirement, but should not contaminate other

Re: Which license am I looking for?

2009-01-18 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:27:16 +0100 Mark Weyer wrote: Thanks for your reply. You're welcome! :) On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 05:43:05PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] Hence, I think your desiderata are somewhat inconsistent. I think what you refer to, is what GNU calls strong

Re: Using NASA Imagery

2009-01-18 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Sean Kellogg skell...@gmail.com [090118 19:37]: The US has done all it can on this via its domestic laws... the relevent section being: -- § 105. Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the

Re: Using NASA Imagery

2009-01-18 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Sunday 18 January 2009 03:24:52 pm Bernhard R. Link wrote: * Sean Kellogg skell...@gmail.com [090118 19:37]: The US has done all it can on this via its domestic laws... the relevent section being: -- § 105. Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works

Actual legal training: thanks (was: Using NASA Imagery)

2009-01-18 Thread Ben Finney
Sean Kellogg skell...@gmail.com writes: Well, lucky for us, I happen to be a trained lawyer. Although, in the interest of full disclosure, I have not paid by bar dues and thus am not an actual factual lawyer, but I play one on the internet from time to time. Have I said recently how grateful

Re: Actual legal training: thanks (was: Using NASA Imagery)

2009-01-18 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Sunday 18 January 2009 10:00:01 pm Ben Finney wrote: Sean Kellogg skell...@gmail.com writes: Well, lucky for us, I happen to be a trained lawyer. Although, in the interest of full disclosure, I have not paid by bar dues and thus am not an actual factual lawyer, but I play one on the