Re: foremost package - Licence of debian/* files
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012, at 12:24 PM, Charles Plessy wrote: I would rather suggest a license more in line with public domain works, such as Creative Commons zero license, the SQLite public domain dedication, or the GNU all-permissive license. For software works, I don't think this group should be recommending public domain. The SQLite dedication lacks a fallback license, the CC0 license explicitly withholds a patent license, and the unlicense has not had legal review. The GNU all-permissive license doesn't include the word use, which is an implicit patent grant. When a recommendation from this group is possible for a permissive work, I'd propose Apache 2.0 and Expat/MIT style license if at all possible since it protects both the one dedicating the work and also those who would incorporate the work in larger compositions. I'm not a Lawyer, This is not Legal Advice. Best, Clark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1334414385.28272.140661062351373.743ee...@webmail.messagingengine.com
Do you consider charity shops non commercial?
Hi, I volunteer in a charity shop in the UK (details of the charity can be seen on http://www.wnaa.co.uk/, basically we fund helicopter ambulances, there is no charge for this service) and would like to find out if playing CC by-nc-sa licensed (from http://magnatune.com/) music in the public space of the shop counts as non commercial. I have seen the text referring to non commercial on http://magnatune.com/info/licensing, which refers to the text of the by-nc-sa license. My understanding of this text would be there is no intent for commercial advantage so would meet the terms of the license. However, I would like to clarify this for sake of the charity. Have you come across this situation before or otherwise comment? Thanks Tristan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f89df32.6090...@saticed.me.uk
Re: Do you consider charity shops non commercial?
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Tristan Hill wrote: I volunteer in a charity shop in the UK (details of the charity can be seen on http://www.wnaa.co.uk/, basically we fund helicopter ambulances, there is no charge for this service) and would like to find out if playing CC by-nc-sa licensed (from http://magnatune.com/) music in the public space of the shop counts as non commercial. I have seen the text referring to non commercial on http://magnatune.com/info/licensing, which refers to the text of the by-nc-sa license. My understanding of this text would be there is no intent for commercial advantage so would meet the terms of the license. However, I would like to clarify this for sake of the charity. Have you come across this situation before or otherwise comment? I would suggest you need the advice of a lawyer rather than of debian-legal. The term non-commercial is open to interpretation and therefore could mean different things depending on the licence and the opinions of the licensor. If I were the copyright holder in this situation I would consider your charity non-commerical. If I were the artist in this situation I would probably have had to assign my copyrights to a record label or an organisation like the RIAA. Organisations like the RIAA might point out that since you sell stuff from your website, you are therefore a commercial organisation, the CC NC licenses do not meet your needs and you should instead negotiate a commercial license and pay licence fees. This is the relevant section of the CC NC licenses: You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in Section 3 above in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation. The exchange of the Work for other copyrighted works by means of digital file-sharing or otherwise shall not be considered to be intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation, provided there is no payment of any monetary compensation in connection with the exchange of copyrighted works. It sounds to me that there is no risk of you infringing that section since your playing of music will not require payment. Personally, I wouldn't bother with CC NC music, there is plenty of plain CC music out there, at jamendo.com for example. You should also be aware of the Public Performance provisions of the CC licenses. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caktje6eebmxqdsrxbambomwkkv3y5rgedw7fntto8enpkue...@mail.gmail.com
