RE: clarification of doc licensing for db3/db4.2

2006-04-09 Thread Mike Olson
Dann wrote: Thank you for your offer. I think a relicensing would be the cleanest approach. Note that I am a Debian Developer, but I do not speak for the db packaging, release, or legal teams. I hope that they'll jump in if they are in disagreement with any of the statements I've made

Re: Compatibility between CC licenses and the GPL

2005-01-07 Thread Mike Olson
Thanks, Dan. I appreciate your following up. I'm including the Debian team on this email, in the hope that I can help to drive everyone to agreement on the point at last. I don't have an email address for Dave Turner, so would be grateful if you'd pass this along to him. I've included the

Re: Clarification of redistribution

2004-08-10 Thread Mike Olson
All, I'm following up on a thread that's a month or so old, now. My apologies for the delay in closing this out. I was unsuccessful in getting the Commons folks to work with the FSF on a GPL-compatible commons deed. While I believe that such a deed would be in the interest of the community

Re: Clarification of redistribution

2004-07-14 Thread Mike Olson
I've got a follow-up question for the Debian readership on the list: What documentation licenses do you know of that are DFSG-free? How do you guys think about marks, and preservation of trademark rights in documentation? mike