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: 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

2013-09-18 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Johannes Schauer wrote: What does to deal in the Software mean in this context? Does it mean to trade? I would guess this phrase probably has its roots in legal language, but what it means is explained in the rest of the sentence: deal in the Software

Re: redistributability of two software pieces in non-free

2013-09-15 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 13334 March 1977, Johannes Schauer wrote: While this software violates dfsg without doubt, I wonder if it could be distributed in non-free because it states that it can only be copied for academic use. Is copying equal to distribution? Not it can't, as it forbids redistribution. Which is

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

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

2013-09-14 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 09:35:30AM +0200, Johannes Schauer a écrit : here the relevant parts of the copyright of a piece of software which is necessary for vmd, a molecular visualization program: --%--- […] * 3)

Re: redistributability of two software pieces in non-free

2013-09-14 Thread Philip Paradis
I am in agreement that this license is incompatible with the DFSG. It specifies academic use as opposed to general permission for use, references undefined interests on the part of the author, specifically disallows commercial use, requires further interaction from the author to approve