Re: DRM in PDF readers

2005-03-12 Thread Brian Ristuccia
that feature before. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is phpGrabComics legal?

2005-01-21 Thread Brian Ristuccia
to personal use only will prevent its inclusion in Debian. Otherwise, I see no reason why the project would not include it. Users who use phpGrabComics to copy and redistribute comics may find their own problems... -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Any legal issues when copying an API?

2003-11-14 Thread Brian Ristuccia
which is compatible with our Debian Free Software Guidelines. If your new work is an original work of authorship[1] and you're the copyright holder then you can choose to license it under any terms you'd like, including terms which would make it suitable for inclusion in Debian. -- Brian Ristuccia

Re: Bug#218832: ITP: libnettle -- a low-level cryptographic library

2003-11-08 Thread Brian Ristuccia
a non-exclusive but otherwise unlimited license to copy, modify, and distribute the work. The package copyright file needn't mention the availability of the second license provided the first is adequite to permit distribution by Debian while also satisfying our Free Software Guidelines. -- Brian

Re: Undistributable java in main

2003-10-30 Thread Brian Ristuccia
, this is the place. If you want a professional legal opinion, you still need to hire a lawyer. :( -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: centericq and MSN support

2003-10-23 Thread Brian Ristuccia
to destroy evidence, and xvidtune to commit arson[1]. We still distribute those). -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [1] Components in a certain older DEC monitor can be made to actually catch fire if the monitor is driven at frequencies outside of its design range

Re: centericq and MSN support

2003-10-23 Thread Brian Ristuccia
. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: License requirements for DSP binaries?

2003-10-08 Thread Brian Ristuccia
symbols. Perhaps these files are the source code, when opened with some proprietary dsp firmware editor we don't have? Has anyone asked IBM yet? -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cdrdao license issues show that cdrtools package is non DFSG, too?

2002-10-02 Thread Brian Ristuccia
is not going to help us distribute it in main, though ... Actually, the author offered to relicense the problem code under the GPL for EUR250, which would not be specific to just Debian. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Brian Ristuccia
fixed upstream. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Brian Ristuccia
No. 508119/1991 This patent expired a year ago so it shouldn't matter much. Ehhh, that's wrong. Just an ordinary off-by-10 error I think. It's not clear that mixmaster actually uses IDEA. Last I checked, it used 3DES for the symmetric crypto. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#156503: M$ true type fonts in non-free?

2002-08-14 Thread Brian Ristuccia
, and thus without infringing on their copyright. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

rsaeuro license change?

2002-08-08 Thread Brian Ristuccia
those who may wish to use the software for profit. These restrictions render the license incompatible with Free Software guideline 6, which prohibits discrimination against fields of endeavor. Hope to hear from you soon regarding this matter. Thanks. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: rsaeuro license change?

2002-08-08 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 11:30:16AM +0100, RSAEuro General wrote: --On 08 August 2002 00:18 -0400 Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Hi, thanks for your mail. We would be interested in working something out to allow the Internet release of RSAEuro to be included with Debian

Re: Bug#148134: ITP: ccdoc -- Generates web documentation from C++ code

2002-05-25 Thread Brian Ristuccia
that subtle changes might be required to mkae the package conform to Debian policy, it's likely that this restriction is a non-issue. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp2QjoXdd58Q.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: bnetd and DMCA

2002-02-21 Thread Brian Ristuccia
in non-free or contrib respectively, provided we're able to distribute it at all without infringing. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: bnetd and DMCA

2002-02-21 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 03:07:37PM +0100, Jordi Mallach wrote: On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:48:08PM -0500, Brian Ristuccia wrote: Make your decision based only on Debian policy. If it's Free Software, it goes in Main, unless it has crypto - then it goes in non-us/main (at least until

Re: Intel's drivers license

2002-02-06 Thread Brian Ristuccia
. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Unicode Code Charts - Terms of use

2002-01-09 Thread Brian Ristuccia
is covered by Computer Modern? -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Licence Question for ttf fonts

2001-12-15 Thread Brian Ristuccia
by statute. So you don't need to accept the GNU GPL in order to use a copy of the program which you've bought. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpYNGN4DQl2y.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Licence Question for ttf fonts

2001-12-15 Thread Brian Ristuccia
exists yet or how involved or tedious the process would be. If you decide to procede further in this area, I suggest you look into Donald Knuth's books on typeface and typesetting theory. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Old subject: Patents and hardware implementations

2001-12-14 Thread Brian Ristuccia
with the GNU GPL and our Debian Free Software Guidelines. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mpeg1 video license

2001-10-14 Thread Brian Ristuccia
. If somebody can tell me where this package should be ? Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Firmware files - GPL compliant?

2001-09-24 Thread Brian Ristuccia
, then the same thing probably applies. Maybe those involved should check the dumps for common opcodes and try to determine the microcontroller type to see if any of this applies. In many cases, a commented disassembly is as good or better than the original source code. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Public domain fonts?

2001-09-11 Thread Brian Ristuccia
if Bill personally has my name and reads my email and laughs at me. In fact, I'd be rather honored. - Joseph_Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Packaging em8300 Drivers [Was: Re: Packaging reverse engineered software]

2001-09-02 Thread Brian Ristuccia
would be extracted at runtime. In this case, the software could go in contrib. If the user is a legitimate owner of the card in question, they probably own a copy of the .vxd file as well and so won't be inconvenienced too badly. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: figlet fonts - GPL-ok?

2001-08-20 Thread Brian Ristuccia
restrictions on fonts. One thing to keep in mind, however, was that at the time of this decision fonts were still just little metal blocks with raised areas intended to mechanically typeset text. I can dig up details if needed. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: facultative linking and libraries. ...

2001-06-22 Thread Brian Ristuccia
uinder the gpl. But this again may change later, especially if they loose some of the ideological fears they may have on the GPL. Why not use libeditline instead? It's source-code compatible with the basic features of readline and has a BSD (sans ad clause) type license. -- Brian Ristuccia

Re: facultative linking and libraries. ...

2001-06-22 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 04:46:50PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:35:45AM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote: Why not use libeditline instead? It's source-code compatible with the basic features of readline and has a BSD (sans ad clause) type license. Ok didn't know

Re: Q: Combining proprietary code and GPL for in-house use

2001-06-19 Thread Brian Ristuccia
the library into your program and distribute the result - if you don't play by its rules then you have no such right at all and any copies you make are infringing ones in most jurisdictions). -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ITP with caution: libdvdcss

2001-06-19 Thread Brian Ristuccia
. The MPAA has in the past launched both frivilous and punitive lawsuits, SLAPP's, and defamation campaigns against people they even mildly don't like. What's up for debate is whether or not Debian should restrict its activities based on fear of potential bullying.) -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: three send back changes clauses

2001-05-25 Thread Brian Ristuccia
and due dilligence much more narrowly than you have here. :) -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: three send back changes clauses

2001-05-24 Thread Brian Ristuccia
PROTECTED] | Blessed Be! @http://jimdres.home.mindspring.com | Linux is kewl! @Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours. Bach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brian Ristuccia

Re: USA crypto rules and libssl-dependent packages

2001-05-13 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 11:12:34PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 10:10:30PM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote: Choice 3 is best. People who live in countries where the use of cryptography is restricted are probably subject to being arbitrarily jailed or murdered

Re: USA crypto rules and libssl-dependent packages

2001-05-12 Thread Brian Ristuccia
to provide crippled crypto-neutered versions of things only validates such sillyness. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USA crypto rules and libssl-dependent packages

2001-05-11 Thread Brian Ristuccia
from the same source, would they be in non-US or not? Yes, but only if the source actually contains crypto. Source or binary, policy currently requires export restricted software to be uploaded to non-us. [other stuff omitted] Good luck :) -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: lame (again!)

2001-05-11 Thread Brian Ristuccia
. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USA crypto rules and libssl-dependent packages

2001-05-11 Thread Brian Ristuccia
it patched in). -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lame

2001-05-10 Thread Brian Ristuccia
were no longer a problem. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[landry@physics.utah.edu: Re: mixmaster 2.9, 3.0 license]

2001-05-06 Thread Brian Ristuccia
you post the entire license on debian-legal? I, at least, don't know where to get it. Thanks, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] - End forwarded message - -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Email Archive Request

2001-05-05 Thread Brian Ristuccia
need to invoke a fair use defense because no infringement occured. Placing the message into the archive(s) is an action implicitly authorized by the copyright holder when they post their message to an archived public list. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED

mixmaster 2.9, 3.0 license

2001-05-05 Thread Brian Ristuccia
the release of Mixmaster 3.0? -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Email Archive Request

2001-05-04 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 07:39:14PM -0500, Sam TH wrote: On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 07:26:04PM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote: that gave him the letters. One can hardly argue that a latter sent to a public mailing list is unpublished. Actually, that isn't true. To quote from 17 USC 101

Re: Email Archive Request

2001-05-04 Thread Brian Ristuccia
an expectation of privacy nor a non-disclosure agreement exists on these public mailing lists. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpatwoBNpU4t.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: postgresql and libssl - Bug#95146

2001-05-01 Thread Brian Ristuccia
as it currently stands needs to go in non-us, then that's where you should put it. Policy that requires packages depending on packages in non-us also be in non-us will not change even if the current legal inquiry finds that not all crypto containing uploads need to go to non-us. -- Brian Ristuccia

Re: Copyright for Netscape Plugin SDK

2001-05-01 Thread Brian Ristuccia
in Mozilla and could could be used instead? I know Mozilla can use plugins intended for Netscape Communicator 3.x and 4.x, so it's not unlikely that there exist some .h files defining this interface in that codebase. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

mpeg-1 layer 3 encoders in Debian

2001-04-10 Thread Brian Ristuccia
A while back, it was stated that mpeg-1 layer 3 encoders couldn't be packaged. I see that libavifile has a libmp3lame_audioenc that doesn't appear to invoke an external lame binary. Has Debian's policy on layer 3 encoders changed? -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WARNING] DO NOT _EVER_ SEND CODE VIA HOTMAIL

2001-04-02 Thread Brian Ristuccia
involved in the Mattel / Cyber Patrol matter appealed the district court's injunction with the help of the ACLU - and won. Since then, they have returned the Cyber Patrol list decoder program to their web sites. One such site is at http://cp.waldo.net/. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: ladspa.h -- a plugin API.

2001-03-06 Thread Brian Ristuccia
Software license. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#85401: ssh in non-us/non-free?

2001-02-09 Thread Brian Ristuccia
Package: ssh Version: 1:2.2.0p1-1.1 Is there any reason why OpenSSH needs to be in non-free now that the RSA patent has expired? Also, does it even need to be in non-us now that US crypto regulations have been revised? -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OpenDivX license

2001-01-23 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 01:31:12PM -0800, Brian Behlendorf wrote: On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Brian Ristuccia wrote: It's not an open source license. Term #6 places limitations on distributing modified copies. la CSS, then it would not be OSD-conformant. But if, reductio ad absurdum

Re: orphaning fetchmail

2000-12-16 Thread Brian Ristuccia
, and it's been done. Look at GNU readline and Rich Salz's editline. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

A Pragmatic Approach to OpenSSL/Mutt License Incompatibility [Was: Re: orphaning fetchmail]

2000-12-16 Thread Brian Ristuccia
in Mutt. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A Pragmatic Approach to OpenSSL/Mutt License Incompatibility [Was: Re: orphaning fetchmail]

2000-12-16 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 09:30:11AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 03:44:21AM -0500, Brian Ristuccia wrote: This isn't neccessary. It's possible to create two sockets with socketpair(), and fork(). Then close FD's 0 and 1 in the child and clone one of the socket FD's onto

Re: A Pragmatic Approach to OpenSSL/Mutt License Incompatibility [Was: Re: orphaning fetchmail]

2000-12-16 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 10:30:15AM +0100, Peter Makholm wrote: Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you want to run a server with SSL, you can always fork() and then exec() stunnel in the child to relay SSL connections in plaintext to the parent via a listening port

Re: hx should be removed from the distribution unless copyright is clarified

2000-12-09 Thread Brian Ristuccia
binaries to be distributed except under very limited circumstances, we distribute the qmail source only and a patch in non-free. Note that in order to put the unmodified source in non-free, the copyright holder must have at least given permission to distribute unmodified copies. -- Brian Ristuccia

Re: ITP: oms -- Open Media System DVD Player

2000-12-06 Thread Brian Ristuccia
. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpw9QnxZ7qL3.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: ldraw.org parts library (again)

2000-12-04 Thread Brian Ristuccia
of lego bricks are like glyphs in a fontset. Even if a fontset is restricted by copyright, documents typeset in that font are not considered to be derived works of the typeset. I'll leave the rest for someone else to answer. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Intel Microcode License

2000-11-12 Thread Brian Ristuccia
work using only copyright. What I should send Intel to convince to change the license? Tell them Debian can't distribute it with their operating system because their license violates our guidelines. Point them at http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL

Re: Intel Microcode License

2000-10-31 Thread Brian Ristuccia
a copyrighted work have the right to format shift it from a floppy or CD-ROM disc to bits on a hard disk. (Note, however, that Intel may require people to agree not to use the software for certain things before giving them a copy). -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Intel Microcode License

2000-10-30 Thread Brian Ristuccia
web site somewhere? Perhaps the postinst for your microcode loader could go fetch it. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Source code with no (explicit) licence

2000-10-16 Thread Brian Ristuccia
Maildir delivery and doesn't run tons of stuff as root? -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: attached license of security scanner

2000-10-07 Thread Brian Ristuccia
otherwise violate copyright law. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: abcde could move to main if vorbize support added

2000-08-21 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 05:00:16AM -0500, Joseph Carter wrote: ...hmm, wonder if Vorbize can do something like VBR yet... Vorbize and oggenc write VBR files by default. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

abcde could move to main if vorbize support added

2000-08-20 Thread Brian Ristuccia
Package: abcde Version: 1.1.2-1 Severity: wishlist If support for vorbize was added, abcde could move to main. (I'm assuming it's in contrib because it depends on a non-free mp3 encoder) I'm gonna be doing some hacking tonight, I'll post a patch to this bug number if successful. -- Brian

Re: Bug#68652 acknowledged by developer (dosemu has clickwrap license)

2000-08-06 Thread Brian Ristuccia
-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 03:20:19AM -0400 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 03:20:19AM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote: Package: dosemu Version: 1.0.1-3 These things are annoying. Make it go away. The Linux DOSEMU

Re: Bug#68652 acknowledged by developer (dosemu has clickwrap license)

2000-08-06 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 09:10:29PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: On Aug 06, Brian Ristuccia wrote: If the clickwrap license doesn't go away, dosemu should move to non-free. [...] Show me where the DFSG prohibits software from using clickwrap licenses. It's a restriction on use rather

Re: [bunk@fs.tum.de: Bug#65794: freeamp must go to non-free]

2000-06-19 Thread Brian Ristuccia
mpeg3 decoders as a part of Debian. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [bunk@fs.tum.de: Bug#65794: freeamp must go to non-free]

2000-06-19 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 12:27:59PM +0200, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote: Has anything changed about MNGs in last 3 months ??? Support for mng was added to a recent build of mozilla within the past month or so. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [bunk@fs.tum.de: Bug#65794: freeamp must go to non-free]

2000-06-17 Thread Brian Ristuccia
for a license to decode .gif files when you really don't. mp3 encoders that employ the methods described in the patents are restricted in various countries where such patents are permitted. There's probably other ways to encode mp3's, but nobody has written any such code yet. -- Brian Ristuccia

Re: CMU Sphinx licence thread from January..

2000-06-06 Thread Brian Ristuccia
sure 5 does but I'd like it confirmed. The name change requirement (4) and acknowledgement requirement (5) are both OK as far as the DFSG are concerned. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Copyright, Patent Expirations [Was: Re: GNU License and Computer Break Ins]

2000-05-22 Thread Brian Ristuccia
to expire between 1998 and 2018 have been extended by another 20 years. As a result, only a very tiny number of works will enter the public domain in the US during the next 20 years. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Possible copyright violation wrt SNNS

2000-05-22 Thread Brian Ristuccia
provided you meet a few conditions. It appears this is not the case with the SNNS license, which allows you to distribute modifications as patches only and makes no mention of an exception for binaries. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GNU License and Computer Break Ins

2000-05-21 Thread Brian Ristuccia
. This it would be impossible to publish your own recordings through a record company without effectively assigning the copyright to that record company. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Copyright, Patent Expirations [Was: Re: GNU License and Computer Break Ins]

2000-05-21 Thread Brian Ristuccia
are in the public domain. Industry held copyrights in the US never expire either. Every time our oldest copyrights near expiration, congress extends the length of copyright by another few years. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mixmaster license

2000-05-09 Thread Brian Ristuccia
condition as it may be construed to violate DFSG #5 by discriminating against people and groups other than Anonymizer, Inc. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Camm Maguire camm@enhanced.com] maxima

2000-05-04 Thread Brian Ristuccia
in Arms Regulations, of 12-6-84, (Title 22 CFR 121-130), which implements the Arms Export Control Act (22 USC 2728) and may require license for export. Distributor assumes its own risk for distribution in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: [andrew@AmbrosiaSW.com: Re: Copyright of maelstrom artwork]

2000-03-28 Thread Brian Ristuccia
. In order to create variations on play, one might need to modify the graphics and models for that purpose. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [GPL] No linking with proprietary programs: where?

2000-03-14 Thread Brian Ristuccia
or into the body of a program's source code is covered by the GPL and that this discussion can safely end here. I'm tired of hearing about it. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ITP: vice and vice-roms

2000-02-21 Thread Brian Ristuccia
in countries where copyright is not permitted only by such a limited exception to otherwise free speech / free press or where copyright law is still entirely civil. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-15 Thread Brian Ristuccia
the software... Your armenian argument is unfounded. If the later version of the license further restricts your rights, you can continue to distribute the software under the ealier version. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New Debian Website License [LAST CHANCE]

2000-02-14 Thread Brian Ristuccia
- but not required. I think it's a good recommendation. But you're right - it's not always possible to meet this term with ease (or at all) and that's why it's best left as a recommendation, not a requirement. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why Debian's webpages aren't DFGS-free ?

2000-02-02 Thread Brian Ristuccia
, and I think changing the licenses on the web pages to one like these sounds pretty good. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Uploaded mirror 2.9-13slink15 (source all) to master

2000-01-17 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 12:09:07PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Santiago Vila wrote: On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Brian Ristuccia wrote: While I find licenses with patch clauses odious, they fall within the limits of the DFSG. I think not. I mean: I think

Re: Uploaded mirror 2.9-13slink15 (source all) to master

2000-01-16 Thread Brian Ristuccia
odious, they fall within the limits of the DFSG. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

new US crypto regulations allow source code export?

2000-01-16 Thread Brian Ristuccia
notification clause and other noxious clauses in the regulation lifted. See http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/01/13/1220222 (But I'm sure they might lift it on their own if Debian build servers started sending them thousands of messages a day! :) -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: ibm jdk licence

2000-01-11 Thread Brian Ristuccia
as a whole. Therefore, anyone can use the JRK or JRE and satisy the JDK and JRE license requirements at the same time. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Majordomo problems

2000-01-07 Thread Brian Ristuccia
impossible. If Majordomo has serious bugs that the license doesn't permit us to fix, and the upstream authors don't show signs of extreme dilligence in getting us fixed versions when a bug is found, I'll concur with you and and SuSE that we remove Majordomo from Debian. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL

Re: PINE Clone

1999-12-21 Thread Brian Ristuccia
. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dangerous precedent being set - possible serious violation of the GPL

1999-12-02 Thread Brian Ristuccia
should be renamed and reclassified as a free non-us package. I think such a change in classification would require a change in Debian policy. I, for one, endorse such a change. However, I can't speak for all of Debian. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Corel Lawsuit

1999-11-26 Thread Brian Ristuccia
release, wasted CD's and other materials, and civil suits by copyright holders because they failed to listen to the copyright holders when they complained about the incorrect license in the first place... I'm sure it'll be fixed soon. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: mutt no longer in non-us?

1999-11-18 Thread Brian Ristuccia
if neccessary. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mutt no longer in non-us?

1999-11-18 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 11:31:19AM -0800, Seth David Schoen wrote: Brian Ristuccia writes: Wouldn't seizing said machines violate the electronic communication privacy act or something similar by interefering with email on those machines as well? The ECPA doesn't prevent police from

Re: Corel's apt frontend

1999-10-31 Thread Brian Ristuccia
software was not a derived work of the copyrighted software that it patched and executed, nor was its publisher responsible for contributory infringement. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: non-free, LZW, RSA, and mp3

1999-10-27 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 12:50:17PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote: Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I know this has come up before, but it's not truly resolved, so I'll ask again. Why is Debian able to distribute software that uses patented LZW and RSA algorithms from non-free

non-free, LZW, RSA, and mp3

1999-10-26 Thread Brian Ristuccia
I know this has come up before, but it's not truly resolved, so I'll ask again. Why is Debian able to distribute software that uses patented LZW and RSA algorithms from non-free, but unable to distribute mp3 encoders in the same fashion? -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [harik@chaos.ao.net: Bug#47735: VIM includes encryption. Needs to become a non-US package.]

1999-10-20 Thread Brian Ristuccia
as well. He's right. Pretend crypto is much worse than no crypto at all. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#47845: libdbd-pg-perl nonfree?

1999-10-20 Thread Brian Ristuccia
for commercial distribution without the prior approval of the author. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#47845: libdbd-pg-perl nonfree?

1999-10-20 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 11:24:40PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: On Oct 20, Brian Ristuccia wrote: COPYRIGHT The DBD::Pg module is free software. You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified

Re: Corel's apt frontend

1999-10-20 Thread Brian Ristuccia
with distribution of the binary version. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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