Re: GPL3 compatible?

2010-03-21 Thread Ludovico Cavedon
Hi Charles, Charles Plessy wrote: it looks like you are discussing the file rtengine/cubic.cc in RawTherapee: http://code.google.com/p/rawtherapee/source/browse/trunk/rtengine/cubic.cc correct I will answer to your last question first. If the RawTherapee authors obtained the agreement of

GPL3 compatible?

2010-03-20 Thread Ludovico Cavedon
Hi, I was wondering whether this license statement is DFSG/GPL3 compatible. /* Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Ken Turkowski. turk_at_computer.org * * All rights reserved. * * Warranty Information * Even though I have reviewed this software, I make no warranty * or representation, either express

Re: GPL3 compatible?

2010-03-20 Thread Ben Finney
Ludovico Cavedon cave...@debian.org writes: The statement does not explicitly state that modifications are allowed, Yes. “may be used” is so vague as to be useless for these purposes, IMO. It certainly doesn't grant permission to redistribute modified versions of the work. but just says that

Re: GPL3 compatible?

2010-03-20 Thread Ludovico Cavedon
Ben Finney wrote: Right. The license statement as you present it does not grant anyone permission to redistribute modified versions, nor to re-license the work to other recipients, both of which would be needed for that change to be legal. Clear. The apparent intent of the author would be

Re: GPL3 compatible?

2010-03-20 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 03:45:51PM -0700, Ludovico Cavedon a écrit : Hi, I was wondering whether this license statement is DFSG/GPL3 compatible. /* Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Ken Turkowski. turk_at_computer.org * * All rights reserved. * * Warranty Information * Even though I have