is the Clearthought Software License free?

2009-04-23 Thread jochen georges
hello debian-legal team, i wrote a small java-app which i want to make a deian package from. the code, that i wrote is under gpl, but i used the TableLayout-library which has the following licence (see:https://tablelayout.dev.java.net/files/documents/3495/59349/License.txt) /* *

Re: is the Clearthought Software License free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:23 PM, jochen georges gnu...@gnugeo.de wrote: hello debian-legal team, i wrote a small java-app which i want to make a deian package from. the code, that i wrote is under gpl, but i used the TableLayout-library which has the following licence

Re: is the Clearthought Software License free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Andrew Donnellan ajdli...@gmail.com wrote: /*  *  *  * The Clearthought Software License, Version 1.0  *  * Copyright (c) 2001 Daniel Barbalace.  All rights reserved.  *  * Redistribution

Re: is the Clearthought Software License free?

2009-04-23 Thread Giacomo A. Catenazzi
Andrew Donnellan wrote: On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:23 PM, jochen georges gnu...@gnugeo.de wrote: hello debian-legal team, i wrote a small java-app which i want to make a deian package from. the code, that i wrote is under gpl, but i used the TableLayout-library which has the following licence

Re: is the Clearthought Software License free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Giacomo A. Catenazzi c...@debian.org wrote: IMHO this point has an other meaning: if you alter the code, you need to change the name (class name), i.e. the modified file could be info.mymymy.clearthought. I think it is covered by Integrity of The Author's

Re: is the Clearthought Software License free?

2009-04-23 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:46:53 +1000 Andrew Donnellan wrote: On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Giacomo A. Catenazzi c...@debian.org wrote: IMHO this point has an other meaning: if you alter the code, you need to change the name (class name), i.e. the modified file could be

Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-23 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
In the source code of the package my team is managing there is this one file. I'm wondering whether it is DFSG-free and weather GPL v2 only code can link it with/(out) exception. Here is the full copyright statement /* sapphire.cpp -- the Saphire II stream cipher class. Dedicated to the

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs dmitrij.led...@gmail.com wrote: In the source code of the package my team is managing there is this one file. I'm wondering whether it is DFSG-free and weather GPL v2 only code can link it with/(out) exception. Here is the full copyright

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-23 Thread Ben Finney
Andrew Donnellan ajdli...@gmail.com writes: Well, it's public domain, so there's no restrictions on it and it should be fine. (Although there is some debate going on about whether it's in fact possible to disclaim copyright in some jurisdictions, but I highly doubt the author will try to

Dirent.cpp - Is it DFSG-free GPLv2 only compatible

2009-04-23 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
It looks similar to BSD license but it doesn't say anything about binary / source distribution. Please tell me if you identify this license by a known name. /* Implementation of POSIX directory browsing functions and types for Win32. Kevlin Henney (mailto:kev...@acm.org), March 1997.

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au wrote: This is no guarantee against the author later realising they still hold copyright, changing their mind on their generosity, and enforcing their copyright on those who have violated that copyright. More

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-23 Thread Ben Finney
Andrew Donnellan ajdli...@gmail.com writes: Whilst they might technically still hold copyright, I wonder if a court would consider a statement like 'Dedicated to the public domain' to be an all-permissive licence grant, given the common English meaning of the phrase. Probably hasn't been

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:52:44AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: Andrew Donnellan ajdli...@gmail.com writes: Well, it's public domain, so there's no restrictions on it and it should be fine. (Although there is some debate going on about whether it's in fact possible to disclaim copyright in

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-23 Thread Ben Pfaff
Dmitrijs Ledkovs dmitrij.led...@gmail.com writes: /* sapphire.cpp -- the Saphire II stream cipher class. Dedicated to the Public Domain the author and inventor: (Michael Paul Johnson). This code comes with no warranty. Use it at your own risk. Without any regard to the legal

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-23 Thread Ben Finney
Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: Wow. Please stop pretending that you have any clue at all what you're talking about. That might be appropriate if I was speaking as any kind of authority. I'm not; I'm presenting arguments and reasons. Please stick to those instead of the personal

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