about CC licenses

2013-07-14 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, just for a short confirmation: I have a package which is licensed under CC-BY 2.0 This page [1] doesnt specifically list CC-BY 2.0 but I found this page [2] which explains why CC-BY 2.0 is not DFSG free. My question is: is the resource as [2] still reflecting the correct reasons for why

redistributability of two software pieces in non-free

2013-09-14 Thread Johannes Schauer
Dear debian-legal readers, here the relevant parts of the copyright of a piece of software which is necessary for vmd, a molecular visualization program: --%--- * Copyright Notice: * All rights reserved, whether the

Re: redistributability of two software pieces in non-free

2013-09-15 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, Quoting Joerg Jaspert (2013-09-15 22:00:41) Here it states distribution directly but also adds the educational, research and non-profit purpose. This would meet the requirements for inclusion in non-free, no? Yes it does. It's the users task to check non-free licenses before they do

Re: redistributability of two software pieces in non-free

2013-09-18 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, Quoting Charles Plessy (2013-09-15 02:38:33) Le Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 09:35:30AM +0200, Johannes Schauer a écrit : * 3) Other interested research groups will be redirected * to the author. The user will not redistribute the code outside * his immediate research group. I

Re: redistributability of two software pieces in non-free

2013-10-07 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, Quoting Johannes Schauer (2013-09-15 22:04:14) I wrote emails to upstream to ask them if they would agree to relicense their software. Which might even be successful after 20 years without any updates to them. :) the software in question has no been relicensed by the copyright holders

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of erotic interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-13 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi all, Quoting Nils Dagsson Moskopp (2014-03-12 19:32:09) I would like to split the the game content into several packages: - unteralterbach - game code and story text - unteralterbach-music - music and soundtrack - unteralterbach-data-nosex - graphics and sound for

apache2 and gpl2+

2014-08-31 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, I'm trying to package vcmi [1], a reimplementation of the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 engine [2]. I'm hitting a legal roadblock now because vcmi embeds an old version of fuzzylite [3] which is licensed under Apache2. Vcmi itself is licensed under GPL2+. I was made aware that the GPL2 and

Re: apache2 and gpl2+

2014-09-01 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, Quoting Riley Baird (2014-08-31 23:02:57) As it is pointed out here [5] and here [6], GPL2 is incompatible with Apache2 but GPL3 projects can contain Apache2 licensed code. Since vcmi is licensed GPL2+, could the Debian package upgrade the license to GPL3+ and thus turn it into

Re: apache2 and gpl2+

2014-09-01 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, Quoting Simon McVittie (2014-08-31 23:27:20) [snip] The license applicable to the binaries is still not GPL-3, though - it is ((GPL-2 or GPL-3 or ...) and Apache-2.0). The practical result is the same as ((GPL-3 or ...) and Apache-2.0), but it matters if you're going to extract GPL-2+

Re: Debian and the Vinay Sajip License

2014-09-06 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, Quoting Riley Baird (2014-09-07 05:39:02) On 06/09/14 11:34, Paul Wise wrote: On Thu, 2014-09-04 at 08:18 +0200, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: Paul pleasr open a bug under lintian. Will a source duplicate pedantic level I'm not sure there are enough copies to warrant this. There

Re: "Use as you wish" license

2016-07-05 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi Roberto, Quoting Roberto (2016-07-05 11:36:02) > On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 03:55:33PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > So I think it is too risky to accept such a license if there is no > > explicit permission to all the freedoms needed for DFSG works. > > Thank you for your answers. It seems there

LOSLA (LEGO Open Source License Agreement 1.0)

2016-11-02 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, Thorsten Alteholz told us (the Debian LEGO Team) to discuss the LEGO Open Source License Agreement 1.0 (or LOSLA) with you. Specifically, this is about the source package nxt-firmware with its git repository here: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-lego/nxt-firmware.git/ It currently

Re: Is screenshots.debian.net at risk?

2019-03-24 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi, Quoting Geert Stappers (2019-03-24 09:53:58) > > bear with me if the topic of the upcoming european copyright law (aka §13) > > has been discussed in other mailing lists. As being responsible for > > screenshots.debian.net I honestly am a bit worried about the implications. > > As usual???

advice on non-free NXP Software License Agreement

2023-06-21 Thread Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
Dear Debian legal, I seek advice on the NXP Software License Agreement and whether binaries licensed under it are redistributable in non-free(-firmware) or not. The full text is at the end of this email. I think the interesting parts are in 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3. If I'm reading this correctly, then

Re: advice on non-free NXP Software License Agreement

2023-06-22 Thread Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
Hi, Quoting Sam Hartman (2023-06-22 16:46:51) > >>>>> "Johannes" == Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues > >>>>> writes: > > Johannes> Dear Debian legal, I seek advice on the NXP Software > Johannes> License Ag