Re: Public Domain for Germans
2008/11/3 Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [...] This also doesn't disclaim warranty, which might be dangerous for someone distributing programs. Is there actually any evidence (ie., court decision) to support this? Cheers, -- Jens Peter Secher. _DD6A 05B0 174E BFB2 D4D9 B52E 0EE5 978A FE63 E8A1 jpsecher gmail com_. A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion. Q. Why is top posting bad? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bootstrapping from binary blob shipped in the source package
Florian Weimer wrote: Some packages (notably compilers) avoid cyclic build dependencies by shipping some sort of pre-compiled blob in the source package. This blob is then used to compile the package. Does this fullfil the requirement that packages in main must be built from source code? Where exactly is this requirement? Marco d'Itri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is nothing wrong with using a precompiled compiler to bootstrap the package in Debian, but after there is a working package in the archive it should not be used anymore (for reliability issues, not freedom issues). What do you mean by reliability here? From a package-building perspective, I find it to be more reliable to use the precompiled blop because then I can make sure that the package compiles in a minimal environment. Otherwise I need to depend on a *specific* prior version of the compiler, thus making the build more fragile (think Ubuntu), or I need to depend on a wide range on prior versions of the compiler, making testing much harder. Cheers, -- Jens Peter Secher. _DD6A 05B0 174E BFB2 D4D9 B52E 0EE5 978A FE63 E8A1 jpsecher gmail com_. A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion. Q. Why is top posting bad? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DFSG conform OSI licenses
On 03/09/2007, Josselin Mouette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le dimanche 02 septembre 2007 à 13:46 +0200, Marco d'Itri a écrit : No, GFDL'ed stuff got approved before a few people managed to change the DFSG by disguising that as editorial changes. Only you and Anthony Towns believe the changes were not editorial. Just for the record, I also believe and believed that it was not an editorial change. (BTW, I voted for it because I think it makes no sense to try to draw a line between programs and other kinds of data) -- Jens Peter Secher. _DD6A 05B0 174E BFB2 D4D9 B52E 0EE5 978A FE63 E8A1 jpsecher gmail com_. A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion. Q. Why is top posting bad?
Re: Fwd: reiser4 non-free?
Hans Reiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Markus Törnqvist wrote: Also, if every software showed their credits, there would easily be a ton of them. This is bad why? They could be interesting for users to read while the install proceeds. Indeed, it would be far more interesting to read credits instead of a boring list of URIs. Hmm, come to think of it, if the credits were simply scrolled up with every package installed, the length of each individual credit would naturally be limited, and thus probably avoid excessively long credits. Would that be a working solution? -- Jens Peter Secher _DD6A 05B0 174E BFB2 D4D9 B52E 0EE5 978A FE63 E8A1 jpsecher get2net dk_
Re: Squeak in Debian?
Roland Stigge [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nathanael Nerode wrote: It also has a forced-distribution clause for modifications; I can't make modifications and give them to my wife without publishing them to the whole world. [...] Interesting discovery! But which part of the DFSG is violated here? See eg. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200303/msg00405.html -- Jens Peter Secher _DD6A 05B0 174E BFB2 D4D9 B52E 0EE5 978A FE63 E8A1 jpsecher get2net dk_
Re: Debian Legal summary of the Petris license (Proposed)
Simon Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You can do whatever you want with the program, it's Public Domain. (however, it would be nice of you to credit me if you found anything of this useful). We believe that this software is DFSG-free. The summaries are a good idea, but this is overdoing it, don't you think? -- Jens Peter Secher _DD6A 05B0 174E BFB2 D4D9 B52E 0EE5 978A FE63 E8A1 jpsecher get2net dk_
Re: Bug#226232: ITP: glucas -- Mersenne prime testing program
Aaron Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Package name: glucas Version : 2.90 Upstream Author : Guillermo Ballester Valor [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL : http://glucas.sourceforge.net/ License : GPL v2 Description : Mersenne prime testing program Glucas tests Mersenne numbers (2^P-1) for primality using the Lucas-Lehmer method. It can be used to participate in the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (http://www.mersenne.org) What exactly is glucas relation to GIMPS, especially the non-free terms decribed in http://www.mersenne.org/prize.htm ? -- Jens Peter Secher _DD6A 05B0 174E BFB2 D4D9 B52E 0EE5 978A FE63 E8A1 jpsecher get2net dk_
Re: modification notification requirements, and Who To Write Your License For
Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, please, write licenses for the audience at (3). ( someone [who] is pretty neutral about software licensing and this whole community concept ) Isn't the GPL essentially a counterexample? It was written with legal counsel, and many people have criticised it for it complexity. Yes, but I think Branden is giving (splendid) advice to people writing *new* licenses. If the GPL suits *your* needs, by all means, use it. -- Jens Peter Secher _DD6A 05B0 174E BFB2 D4D9 B52E 0EE5 978A FE63 E8A1 jpsecher get2net dk_
Moscow ML (mosml) not even allowed in non-free?
I have provided an unofficial deb package[1] of Moscow ML (an ML compiler) for some time now, but it has licensing problems. According[2] to Torsten Landschoff, there was a discussion of this matter on this list, but I cannot seem to find it. Is there anyone who can give me pointers to the discussion? I am negotiating a lincense change with the authors of some components of the software, so it would be handy to be able to point to the discussion... [1] http://www.diku.dk/~jpsecher/debian.html [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=111560repeatmerged=yes Cheers, -- Jens Peter Secher _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.diku.dk/~jpsecher - (+45) 35 32 14 08 _OpenPGP fingerprint DD6A 05B0 174E BFB2 D4D9 B52E 0EE5 978A FE63 E8A1_
