Re: public domain no modification: Expat

2012-04-13 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
FYI, upstream agreed to change the pseudo public domain license into an MIT one (expat): http://math.hws.edu/javamath/ Thanks everyone for comments/suggestions. On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Francesco Poli invernom...@paranoici.org wrote: On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:10:26 -0700 Steve Langasek

Re: public domain no modification: Expat

2012-04-13 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:05:56 +0200 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: FYI, upstream agreed to change the pseudo public domain license into an MIT one (expat): http://math.hws.edu/javamath/ This seems to be great news! :-) I hope the new license (Expat/MIT) applies to all the files in the package

Re: public domain no modification

2012-04-10 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:10:26 -0700 Steve Langasek wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:01:45AM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] That's not my understanding of the issue under consideration: more details are included in my own analysis [1]. Yes, because as usual your analysis is way out in

Re: public domain no modification

2012-04-09 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 05:05:27PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: I am working on the package for Java Components for Mathematics (#667923). Some files are distributed with a clear public domain type license: This source code file, and compiled classes derived from it, can be used and

Re: public domain no modification

2012-04-09 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 11:29:31 -0700 Steve Langasek wrote: On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 05:05:27PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: [...] Clearly §2 is meant to distinguish derived work from original work. However in our case, this means this package will have to have its name change whenever we

Re: public domain no modification

2012-04-09 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:01:45AM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 05:05:27PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: Clearly §2 is meant to distinguish derived work from original work. However in our case, this means this package will have to have its name change whenever

Re: public domain no modification

2012-04-09 Thread Walter Landry
Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:01:45AM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 05:05:27PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: Clearly §2 is meant to distinguish derived work from original work. However in our case, this means this package

public domain no modification

2012-04-07 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi all, I am working on the package for Java Components for Mathematics (#667923). Some files are distributed with a clear public domain type license: This source code file, and compiled classes derived from it, can be used and distributed without restriction, including for commercial use.

Re: public domain no modification

2012-04-07 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 17:05:27 +0200 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: Hi all, Hi Mathieu, thanks for taking this issue seriously. I am working on the package for Java Components for Mathematics (#667923). Some files are distributed with a clear public domain type license: This source code