Re: Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-23 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: Is this intentional? No. Because the grant of licence DOES allow regrading, therefore what any particular version of the GPL says is irrelevant. The recipient CAN change the licence from GPL3 to GPL2 (or vice versa) because the *grant*

Re: Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-17 Thread Joe Smith
Anthony W. Youngman deb...@thewolery.demon.co.uk wrote in message news:mp+abdfeudxlf...@thewolery.demon.co.uk... In message 20100410130817.gq25...@anguilla.noreply.org, Peter Palfrader wea...@debian.org writes So I cannot combine a work licensed under this license with a work licensed under

Re: Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-14 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message 20100410130817.gq25...@anguilla.noreply.org, Peter Palfrader wea...@debian.org writes So I cannot combine a work licensed under this license with a work licensed under GPL3 + SSL exception because the latter does not allow downgrading to gpl2 (or upgrading to gpl3+). I think you're

Re: Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-12 Thread Peter Galbraith
Dererk der...@debian.org.ar wrote: 3. You may use, modify, and redistributed the software under any ^ version of the GPL greater than 3. Typos are bad in any license text. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-10 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:28:25 -0700 (PDT) Walter Landry wrote: Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au wrote: [...] So I think it's misleading to refer to “modified versions of the GPL”, since modified versions aren't the GPL any more. If you want to permit an action in a license text, it

Re: Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-10 Thread Ben Finney
Francesco Poli f...@firenze.linux.it writes: ...and call it by a name other than GPL! I am under the impression that this is what Ben meant, but I'll wait for him to clarify. Right. My point is that it's not helpful to say “modified versions of the GPL” are allowed, since at that point the

Re: Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-10 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 08 Apr 2010, Dererk wrote: 1. You may use, modify, and redistribute the software under the terms of the GPL version 2 as distributed here: 2. You may use, modify, and redistribute the software under the terms of the GPL version 3, as found in the file COPYING and

Re: Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-09 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! Dererk schrieb: Altought IANAL, It appears to me that it meets the requirements, but, as I mentioned, I would like your advice about it. That's perfect. GPL with OpenSSl linking exception. You couldn't ask for more :) Best regards, Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-09 Thread Brian Ryans
Quoting Dererk on 2010-04-08 19:05:39: I was asked to verify that the license below does meet DFSG, before releasing the software itself Preemptive disclaimers: I am not a DD, ftpmaster, lawyer, or policy hacker. In short, I'm simply talking from my corpulent posterior here. I'm in agreement

Re: Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-09 Thread Ben Finney
Thanks for bringing your questions here, and for paying attention to the serious issue of licensing. Dererk der...@debian.org.ar writes: I was asked to verify that the license below does meet DFSG, before releasing the software itself, so I would like you to take a look at this text and tell

Re: Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-09 Thread Walter Landry
Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au wrote: Dererk der...@debian.org.ar writes: 4. You may use, modify, and redistribute the software under a modified version of the GPL version 3 (or, at your option, a modified version of any higher-numbered version of the GPL) The GPL

Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-08 Thread Dererk
Hello! I was asked to verify that the license below does meet DFSG, before releasing the software itself, so I would like you to take a look at this text and tell me what your opinions are, before getting rejected on the NEW queue :-) Altought IANAL, It appears to me that it meets the

Re: Does this license meet DSFG?

2010-04-08 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 09:05:39PM -0300, Dererk a écrit : I was asked to verify that the license below does meet DFSG, before releasing the software itself, so I would like you to take a look at this text and tell me what your opinions are, before getting rejected on the NEW queue :-)