Re: Netscape on Alpha?

[Adam C Powell IV]

Walter Landry wrote:


Andrea Mennucc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

the problem: Debian Alpha is lacking a good browser 
the solution: there is a version of Netscape 4.7-4 
that was compiled by Compaq for  Tru64; this version is 
also distributed by RedHat for Alpha; some people have

passed it thru alien and installed it, and it works; it would take me
20 minutes to upload it into Debian archives (unstable/non-free)
the question: it contains some libraries by Compaq: can I upload it?
The license follows.



In the snippet you posted, there was no permission to redistribute.
Debian needs that in order to even put it in non-free.  Also, I
couldn't get the alphalinux web site to work.  I imagine that there is
more to the license than what you described.  I found the website at

http://help.netscape.com/kb/consumer/19990123-1.html

which has some different options for running netscape.  It talks about
needing some licenses for running the original libraries.  If you
could clear all of this up, then Debian might be able to distribute
Netscape (but maybe not).

There's another option: an installer package in the style of realplayer 
and the Compaq (Alpha) math library packages.  This would require the 
user to download the relevant files, then install them in a Debian way.


Just a thought,
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Re: Netscape on Alpha?

[Walter Landry]

Andrea Mennucc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 the problem: Debian Alpha is lacking a good browser 
 the solution: there is a version of Netscape 4.7-4 
  that was compiled by Compaq for  Tru64; this version is 
  also distributed by RedHat for Alpha; some people have
  passed it thru alien and installed it, and it works; it would take me
  20 minutes to upload it into Debian archives (unstable/non-free)
 the question: it contains some libraries by Compaq: can I upload it?
  The license follows.

In the snippet you posted, there was no permission to redistribute.
Debian needs that in order to even put it in non-free.  Also, I
couldn't get the alphalinux web site to work.  I imagine that there is
more to the license than what you described.  I found the website at

 http://help.netscape.com/kb/consumer/19990123-1.html

which has some different options for running netscape.  It talks about
needing some licenses for running the original libraries.  If you
could clear all of this up, then Debian might be able to distribute
Netscape (but maybe not).

Regards,
Walter Landry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Netscape on Alpha?

[Andrea Mennucc]

hi

I am not good at legal issues so I am cross posting this to
debian-legal

the problem: Debian Alpha is lacking a good browser 
the solution: there is a version of Netscape 4.7-4 
 that was compiled by Compaq for  Tru64; this version is 
 also distributed by RedHat for Alpha; some people have
 passed it thru alien and installed it, and it works; it would take me
 20 minutes to upload it into Debian archives (unstable/non-free)
the question: it contains some libraries by Compaq: can I upload it?
 The license follows.

thanks.


On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 01:11:01PM +0100, Kerstin Hoef-Emden wrote:
 
 Hi,
 
 On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Andrea Mennucc wrote:
 
  what about uploading that package to the debian archives, in 
  non-free? 
 
 Do the license of Compaq and the Debian policy allow this? Presumably a
 debian-maintainer with access-permission for uploads has to do this?
 
 The package is 16.6 MB large and this is the dpkg -I output:
 
 
  new debian package, version 2.0.
  size 16583190 bytes: control archive= 6444 bytes.
0 bytes, 0 lines  conffiles
 1582 bytes,38 lines  control  
15331 bytes,   197 lines  md5sums  
  257 bytes, 8 lines   *  postinst #!/bin/sh
  194 bytes, 6 lines   *  prerm#!/bin/sh
  Package: netscape
  Version: 4.7-4
  Section: alien
  Priority: extra
  Architecture: alpha
  Installed-Size: 34054
  Maintainer: Kerstin Hoef-Emden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Description: Netscape prebuilt for Alpha Linux
   The Alpha Tru64 Unix version of Netscape, which runs on Alpha Linux.
   Requires COFF support in the kernel.  There may be problems running
 Java
   due to differences in the thread models between Tru64 Unix and Linux.
   This RPM embeds the instructions at
   http://www.alphalinux.org/docs/netscape_du.shtml.
   Includes some Compaq Tru64 Unix libraries.
   .
   Disclaimer of Warranty:
   .
 The products and product information furnished hereunder are
 furnished
 AS IS without warranty, service or support of any kind.  You
 assume
 all risks as to the quality or performance of the products and
 responsibility for any costs associated with the service or support
 of the products.  COMPAQ disclaims all implied warranties including,
 without limitation, all implied warranties of merchantability and
 fitness.
   .
   Limitation of Liability:
   .
 In no event will COMPAQ be liable for any damages whatsoever,
 including
 loss of data or use, lost profits, or any incidential or
 consequential
 damages arising out of or in connection with this agreement or the
 use
 or performance of the products, whether in an action of contract or
 tort including negligence.
   .
   %changes
   Repackaged to install files directly rather than by running a script
   to unpack a tar file.
   .
   Moved install directories from /usr/local/... to /usr/lib/... to match
   RedHat 6.1 for Intel.
 
 EOF---
 
 

ps: please someone send me a link to an URL from which I may download the .rpm
 and the .deb

a.

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