Distribution (without usage) of shall be used for Good, not Evil-licensed software

2010-06-08 Thread David Paleino
Hello people, the openlayers package, which I'm reviewing for sponsorship (mentoree CCed), has a couple of files with the following license: ---8--- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the Software), to

Re: Distribution (without usage) of shall be used for Good, not Evil-licensed software

2010-06-08 Thread David Paleino
On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:43:14 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:30 PM, David Paleino da...@debian.org wrote: the openlayers package, which I'm reviewing for sponsorship (mentoree CCed), has a couple of files with the following license: ... While I agree this license fails

Re: Which license am I looking for?

2009-01-18 Thread David Paleino
Hello, On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:49:35 +0100, Mark Weyer wrote: What I am looking for: - Copyleft with source requirement, but should not contaminate other software. - No additional burden on anyone. In particular no requirements for derivatives to advertize, to not advertize, to follow

Re: Building from source required?

2008-12-03 Thread David Paleino
On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:27:14 +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: Must packages in main derive the contents of binary packages from the sources shipped in the source package, Yes. or can they simply copy pre-generated, not directly editable files which have been derived using some other process

Advice on wicd license

2008-09-14 Thread David Paleino
Hello *, I'm packaging wicd for Debian, and it's licensed under GPL-2+. However, one of its components (uninstall.sh) carries this license: # Copyright 2008 Robby Workman [EMAIL PROTECTED], Northport, AL, USA # Copyright 2008 Alan Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lizella, GA, USA # All rights reserved. #

Re: Advice on wicd license

2008-09-14 Thread David Paleino
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:19:55 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: David Paleino [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm packaging wicd for Debian, and it's licensed under GPL-2+. However, one of its components (uninstall.sh) carries this license: # Copyright 2008 Robby Workman [EMAIL PROTECTED], Northport

Re: Advice on wicd license

2008-09-14 Thread David Paleino
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:03:27 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: David Paleino [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:19:55 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: You're right, and [the All rights reserved clause] should best be removed by the copyright holder. You might like to communicate

Author name in copyright notice

2008-02-24 Thread David Paleino
Hi, I'd like to package a software [1], but I'm encountering possible copyright issues. I contacted upstream to know his real name, in order to put it in debian/copyright, but he wishes to be known as Master Kernel (that is the name provided in the sources). Is that possible? He also asked me

Possible copyright issues

2008-01-30 Thread David Paleino
Hi *, I'm packaging a new software for the Debian-Med group, and the source shows this statement: /* This code may be used and modified for non-commercial purposes*/ /* but redistribution in any form requires written permission. */ This is clearly non-DFSG-free. I've