Re: Is an upgrade to the Open Publication License possible?

2005-07-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that documentation currently in main that uses the OPL could be salvaged if we can convince the controlling body for the OPL to upgrade to a version that's compatible with the DFSG. I have not, however, examined the OPL carefully enough to determine if this is

Re: Is an upgrade to the Open Publication License possible?

2005-07-24 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 03:37:05 -0400 Nathanael Nerode wrote: And, of course, the license options are non-free, but nobody uses them anyway. I wish this were true... :-( I recall seeing those clearly non-free options used more than once (and take into account that I haven't seen so many OPL'd

Re: Is an upgrade to the Open Publication License possible?

2005-07-24 Thread Evan Prodromou
On Sun, 2005-07-24 at 03:37 -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: Well, these are the problems with it: Lemme see if I can condense these down. I had a hard time reading your response. Add explicit permission to make and distribute modified versions. Remove or soften requirements for

Re: Is an upgrade to the Open Publication License possible?

2005-07-23 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:40:43 -0400 Evan Prodromou wrote: I was surprised to see in this list of non-free documentation packages soon to be moved out of main so many works licensed under the Open Publication License (OPL): Well, I was not, taking into account that even Debian website is (IIRC)

Is an upgrade to the Open Publication License possible?

2005-07-21 Thread Evan Prodromou
I was surprised to see in this list of non-free documentation packages soon to be moved out of main so many works licensed under the Open Publication License (OPL): http://packages.debian.net/non-free-docs.html I note that the recommended boilerplate used for the OPL is as follows: