Re: License requiring to reproduce copyrights in binary distributions.

2009-07-03 Thread MJ Ray
Charles Plessy ple...@debian.org wrote: It appeared in various discussions about either DEP5 or the NEW queue that licenses vary in their requirement for reproducing the authors copyrights in binary distributions. [...] I wonder if the licence requirements are the deciding factor. With the

Re: License requiring to reproduce copyrights in binary distributions.

2009-07-03 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 09:10:10AM +0100, MJ Ray a écrit : Charles Plessy ple...@debian.org wrote: It appeared in various discussions about either DEP5 or the NEW queue that licenses vary in their requirement for reproducing the authors copyrights in binary distributions. [...] I wonder

Re: License requiring to reproduce copyrights in binary distributions.

2009-07-03 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:39:26 +0900 Charles Plessy wrote: [...] I can re-release under the BOLA license with a WTFPL exemption: ‘To all effects and purposes, this work is to be considered Public Domain, but if you do not agree this is possible, then just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.’ I've

Re: Does the ISC license require to reproduce copyrights in debian/copyright ?

2009-07-03 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:19:29 +0900 Charles Plessy wrote: [...] Does this concern binary distribution: is a compiled version a “copy”? Why not? I personally think that a compiled copy of the software is indeed a copy. What other term would you use to describe the compiled thing? It is my

Re: Does the ISC license require to reproduce copyrights in debian/copyright ?

2009-07-03 Thread Ben Finney
Francesco Poli f...@firenze.linux.it writes: On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:19:29 +0900 Charles Plessy wrote: [...] Does this concern binary distribution: is a compiled version a “copy”? Why not? I personally think that a compiled copy of the software is indeed a copy. There's little to