Re: Do we have trademark infringements by fonts?

2003-02-28 Thread Anton Zinoviev
Hi! I wrote about this problem in [EMAIL PROTECTED] The answer (by Markus Kuhn) was: This was discussed before. None of the commercial font suppliers considers pixel fonts to be of any commercial interest whatsoever today, therefore the problem you outline remains a purely theoretical

PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
Hello, This is in /usr/share/doc/phpnuke/copyright: Note from upstream author: ## #I M P O R T A N TN O T E#

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Simon Law
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:12:41AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: Hello, This is in /usr/share/doc/phpnuke/copyright: Note from upstream author: ## #I M P O R T A N TN O T E

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 11:44:56AM -0500, Simon Law wrote: HTML and JavaScript within. Therefore, I suspect most people using PHP-Nuke are in violation of Section 0 of its license. Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:12:41AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: Hello, This is in /usr/share/doc/phpnuke/copyright: Note from upstream author: ## #I M P O R T A N TN O T E

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread James Troup
John Goerzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of This is not shown in /usr/share/doc/phpnuke/copyright! Where does this come from? Err, not read the GPL

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Florian Weimer
Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What this restriction is much *more* like is the Zope web bug Are you sure that there are any countries which do not forbid removing copyright notices?

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What this restriction is much *more* like is the Zope web bug (all pages rendered with Zope have to have our little image on it), against which Bruce Perens successfully campaigned some years ago. Perhaps, but the Zope license required it explicitely,

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 06:03:03PM +, James Troup wrote: John Goerzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of This is not shown in

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 12:20:22PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: I think this is not good for the same reason as the BSD advertising clause. Well, it's *worse* than the BSD advertising clause, and since the DFSG implicitly permits the BSD advertising clause, this analogy isn't persuasive.

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 01:38:52PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote: Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What this restriction is much *more* like is the Zope web bug (all pages rendered with Zope have to have our little image on it), against which Bruce Perens successfully campaigned

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, John Goerzen wrote: I'm not sure this really makes sense. We have seen other software licensed with GPL with exceptions before -- such as software that uses OpenSSL. I think this is a case of the copyright holder using GPL with exceptions. We do have some software that

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:22:44PM -0500, Don Armstrong wrote: We do have some software that is GNU GPL with exceptions, but these exceptions grant additional rights, instead of imposing additional restrictions. Good point. I wonder, though, if the difference is important?

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:09:46PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What this restriction is much *more* like is the Zope web bug Are you sure that there are any countries which do not forbid removing copyright notices? I've always regarded it as a

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 01:07:21PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: I didn't try to reach a conclusion about DFSG-freeness with the above statement for the precise reason that I couldn't find a consensus on the issue with my quick list searching. I'm just saying I don't like the BSD advertising

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:22:44PM -0500, Don Armstrong wrote: We do have some software that is GNU GPL with exceptions, but these exceptions grant additional rights, instead of imposing additional restrictions. Good point. I wonder, though, if

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:02:32PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:22:44PM -0500, Don Armstrong wrote: We do have some software that is GNU GPL with exceptions, but these exceptions grant additional rights, instead of imposing additional restrictions. Good point. I

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 01:38:52PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote: Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What this restriction is much *more* like is the Zope web bug (all pages rendered with Zope have to have our little image on it), against which Bruce Perens successfully campaigned

Re: PHPNuke license program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

2003-02-28 Thread Simon Law
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 01:09:36PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 01:38:52PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote: Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What this restriction is much *more* like is the Zope web bug (all pages rendered with Zope have to have our little

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 01:07:21PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: However, I would like to play devil's advocate for a second: A person could consider a Web application to be a program that reads commands interactively in the same sense that a

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Simon Law
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 11:19:34AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 11:44:56AM -0500, Simon Law wrote: Could the maintainer of PHP-Nuke please have a little chat with the author? I think that the author is unlikely to relent on this, given

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Simon Law
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:04:10PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 01:07:21PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: I didn't try to reach a conclusion about DFSG-freeness with the above statement for the precise reason that I couldn't find a consensus on the issue with my quick

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:09:45PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:02:32PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:22:44PM -0500, Don Armstrong wrote: We do have some software that is GNU GPL with exceptions, but these exceptions grant additional

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread David Turner
[replying to two messages at once] On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 12:20, Branden Robinson wrote: I'll note that the GNU GPL's 2c), for instance, does not mandate that the announcement of the copyright notice and warranty disclaimer be placed into files output or processed by the software, which is what

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit David Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think that PHPNuke actually is applying (2)(c) correctly. The output of PHPNuke is derived from the HTML and Javascript input. In the case of Javascript in separate files, it's not even derived -- it's the original. It's clear that PHPNuke reads

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 01 Mar 2003, Anthony Towns wrote: One way in which it differs from the Zope web bug, is that the GPL clause only applies when you want to distribute your changes. Which would mean Debian's required to include the code in its packages, but users are free to remove it themselves, if they

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread David Turner
On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 17:56, Henning Makholm wrote: Scripsit David Turner (Is it on purpose that you didn't cc to the list?) No, it was sheer idiocy. Fixed. 2(c) says that the notice must be displayed when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way. That would

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit David Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 17:16, Henning Makholm wrote: 2(c) says that the notice must be displayed when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way. That would be on the front page of the website (http://www.example.org/), but not

Re: PHPNuke license

2003-02-28 Thread Simon Law
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:07:20PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:09:45PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:02:32PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:22:44PM -0500, Don Armstrong wrote: We do have some software that is

Re: GNOME Font Copyright

2003-02-28 Thread Russell Nelson
J.B. Nicholson-Owens writes: Joe Drew wrote: Because GNOME negotiated with Bitstream to make these fonts free, which Bitstream is going to do. That is to say, GNOME's involvement is the reason these fonts are free, not the other way around. So, if I understand you correctly, you're

Re: GNOME Font Copyright

2003-02-28 Thread Russell Nelson
Don Armstrong writes: On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote: I asked if my understanding of the exchange was correct--GNOME distributes Bitstream's non-free Vera fonts and in exchange Bitstream eventually supplies DFSG-free software. You're asking the wrong people then,

Re: The Helixcommunity RPSL is not DFSG-free

2003-02-28 Thread Russell Nelson
Don Armstrong writes: This section has the same issues that the APSL has. IE, it fails the two person variant of the desert island test. Why people keep introducing this onerous term into their licenses is beyond me. Because they don't think it's fair for you to make changes that you've

Re: The Helixcommunity RPSL is not DFSG-free

2003-02-28 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Russell Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Don Armstrong writes: This section has the same issues that the APSL has. IE, it fails the two person variant of the desert island test. Why people keep introducing this onerous term into their licenses is beyond me. Because they don't think

Re: The Helixcommunity RPSL is not DFSG-free

2003-02-28 Thread Russell Nelson
Thomas Bushnell, BSG writes: Russell Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Don Armstrong writes: This section has the same issues that the APSL has. IE, it fails the two person variant of the desert island test. Why people keep introducing this onerous term into their licenses is