Re: Questions about libntru license/ntru patent status

2016-03-15 Thread Ian Jackson
William Whyte writes ("Re: Questions about libntru license/ntru patent status"): > On the FOSS Exception, > https://github.com/NTRUOpenSourceProject/ntru-crypto/blob/master/FOSS%20Exception.md: > the intent here is to protect the effectiveness of the GPL. As noted, > clause 2b requires that "The

Re: debian status on using the PHP license for pear/pecl extensions

2016-03-15 Thread Ian Jackson
Ferenc Kovacs writes ("Re: debian status on using the PHP license for pear/pecl extensions"): > Thanks for the reply. Sorry about the delay replying. This one is more complicated than most. > I see that there is no answer for Q4 in your forwarded mail, was that > originally not answered or

Re: ad hoc license: is it DFSG-conformant ?

2016-03-15 Thread Ian Jackson
Ben Finney writes ("Re: ad hoc license: is it DFSG-conformant ?"): > One significant lack is that the permissions do not include explicit > permission for a recipient to license the work to third parties under > the same conditions. This fails DFSG ยง3. Such a sublicensing permission is

Re: Status of US Government Works in foreign countries

2016-03-15 Thread Ian Jackson
Ben Finney writes ("Re: Status of US Government Works in foreign countries"): > One large problem: I can't see that the above conditions grant freedom > to redistribute in modified or unmodified form. That fails the DFSG, by > my reading. This is not a problem here for the same reason that it is