Bug#238245: Debian website's copyright and license suggestions?

2005-10-23 Thread Nathanael Nerode
posted mailed Tommi Vainikainen wrote: Hello members of debian-legal, It isn't currently well known that Debian website's license is Open Publication License, which has been judged to be non-free, and therefore needs to be changed. We know. ;-) Currently web pages are Copyright ©

Bug#238245: Debian website's copyright and license suggestions?

2005-10-23 Thread Nathanael Nerode
posted mailed Bas Zoetekouw wrote: Hi Francesco! You wrote: A less difficult solution is avoiding copyright assignements and simply asking for a license change: each copyright holder should be tracked, contacted and asked to agree with the relicensing. I'm afraid that this will turn

Bug#238245: Debian website's copyright and license suggestions?

2005-10-17 Thread MJ Ray
Tommi Vainikainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does missing paperwork create a problem? Strictly speaking, yes. And what would be good license for Debians web pages? MIT/Expat or GNU GPL. Because copyright is currently claimed by SPI Inc, and SPI's board meeting is coming rather soon, I brought this

Bug#238245: Debian website's copyright and license suggestions?

2005-10-17 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:28:47 +0200 Bas Zoetekouw wrote: Hi Francesco! You wrote: A less difficult solution is avoiding copyright assignements and simply asking for a license change: each copyright holder should be tracked, contacted and asked to agree with the relicensing. I'm

Bug#238245: Debian website's copyright and license suggestions?

2005-10-16 Thread Tommi Vainikainen
Hello members of debian-legal, It isn't currently well known that Debian website's license is Open Publication License, which has been judged to be non-free, and therefore needs to be changed. Currently web pages are Copyright © 1997-2005 SPI and license terms linking to Open Publication license

Bug#238245: Debian website's copyright and license suggestions?

2005-10-16 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 20:17:35 +0300 Tommi Vainikainen wrote: Hello members of debian-legal, Hi! It isn't currently well known that Debian website's license is Open Publication License, which has been judged to be non-free, and therefore needs to be changed. Indeed. Currently web pages

Bug#238245: Debian website's copyright and license suggestions?

2005-10-16 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Francesco! You wrote: A less difficult solution is avoiding copyright assignements and simply asking for a license change: each copyright holder should be tracked, contacted and asked to agree with the relicensing. I'm afraid that this will turn out to be infeasable. Lots and lots of