Is the Sybase Open Watcom License ok?

2006-07-03 Thread Jason Spiro
Hi all, Is the license pasted below OK? It is OSI-approved, but someone on debian-devel mentioned there were many problematic bits, including 2.2(c), and advised me to post it here. I hope to package openwatcom, a C/C++ IDE that produces efficient DOS, Linux, and Windows code and includes a

Re: licence for Truecrypt

2006-07-03 Thread Schulman . Andrew
Truecrypt 4.2a has just been released, with a revised license: http://www.truecrypt.org/license.php. Can someone please take a look at it and see if it looks more like a free license? Thanks, Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: licence for Truecrypt

2006-07-03 Thread Michael Poole
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Truecrypt 4.2a has just been released, with a revised license: http://www.truecrypt.org/license.php. Can someone please take a look at it and see if it looks more like a free license? Thanks, Andrew. My criticisms seem to be addressed adequately. Others might have

Re: Is the Sybase Open Watcom License ok?

2006-07-03 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 07:14:22 + (UTC) Jason Spiro wrote: Hi all, Is the license pasted below OK? [...] Sybase Open Watcom Public License version 1.0 [...] Whoever finds the time to thoroughly analyse this license, please consider to review the following thread, before:

Re: Debian Open Use Logo License - is it compatible with...

2006-07-03 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:49:58 +0100 MJ Ray wrote: Joe Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIUI, the logos are considered trademarks. The licence strongly implies that Debian does not claim copyright on the open use logo, but merely trademark rights. [...] I disagree. Copyright (c) 1999 Software in

Re: Debian Open Use Logo License - is it compatible with...

2006-07-03 Thread Joe Smith
MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Joe Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIUI, the logos are considered trademarks. The licence strongly implies that Debian does not claim copyright on the open use logo, but merely trademark rights. [...] I disagree. Copyright (c) 1999

Re: Is the Sybase Open Watcom License ok?

2006-07-03 Thread MJ Ray
Jason Spiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is the license pasted below OK? I don't think so. It seems to contradict itself - resulting in a possible termination clause. It also requires long-term distribution, discriminates against some commercial activities and attempts to enforce patents unrelated to

Re: Debian Open Use Logo License - is it compatible with...

2006-07-03 Thread Ben Finney
Joe Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: True. It would be better to drop the copyright, and use only trademark rights, as that looks to be more or less the desired effect. What do you mean by drop the copyright? Without the notice, the work is still the copyright of the holder; the notice just