is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
I was looking at the code of mixmaster, an anonymous remailer client/server application. It allows protection against traffic analysis and allows sending email anonymously or pseudonymously. http://mixmaster.sourceforge.net I'm wondering if the licence is DFSG-compliant ? Could any lawyer here

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 04:26:02PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: I was looking at the code of mixmaster, an anonymous remailer client/server application. It allows protection against traffic analysis and allows sending email anonymously or pseudonymously. http://mixmaster.sourceforge.net

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Peter Makholm
Eric Van Buggenhaut [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (iii) provide Anonymizer Inc. with a copy of the Source Code of such modifications or work by electronic mail, and grant Anonymizer Inc. a perpetual, royalty-free license to use and distribute the modifications or work

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Peter Makholm
Peter Makholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This Software/Hardware product contains the algorithm IDEA(TM) as described and claimed in US Patent No. 5,214,703, EPO Patent No. 0482154 and filed Japanese Patent Application No. 508119/1991 This patent expired a year ago so it shouldn't matter much.

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 04:54:39PM +0200, Peter Makholm wrote: Peter Makholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This Software/Hardware product contains the algorithm IDEA(TM) as described and claimed in US Patent No. 5,214,703, EPO Patent No. 0482154 and filed Japanese Patent Application No.

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Walter Landry
Eric Van Buggenhaut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (iii) provide Anonymizer Inc. with a copy of the Source Code of such modifications or work by electronic mail, and grant Anonymizer Inc. a perpetual, royalty-free license to use and distribute the modifications or work in

Re: is mixmaster dfsg-compliant ?

2002-08-15 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: I was looking at the code of mixmaster, an anonymous remailer client/server application. It allows protection against traffic analysis and allows sending email anonymously or pseudonymously. http://mixmaster.sourceforge.net I'm wondering if

Re: aspell-nl license

2002-08-15 Thread Richard Stallman
I think word lists are copyrightable. The selection is a matter of choice, not simple fact. Note that Feist applies only to the US; phone directories may be copyrightable in some countries. Compatibility with the GPL is not an issue here; the dictionary is legally a separate work from any

Re: TeX Licenses teTeX (Was: Re: forwarded message from Jeff Licquia)

2002-08-15 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 12:00:58AM +0200, Lars Hellström wrote: OK, so the patch files can be distributed, but where is the mechanism which causes TeX to use them? Well, the DFSG doesn't say there has to be one! Patch files must be allowed to be distributed, but there is no condition that

Re: DFSG 4

2002-08-15 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 02:27:39PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 18:18, Branden Robinson wrote: Is there, in fact, any other software that would need to be pulled from main if DSFG 4 were eliminated and DFSG 3 rewritten as follows: Just stumbled across one: The Q

Re: New Sun's documentation license

2002-08-15 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 07:20:14AM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: In fact, it is a rather nice license, much better than the GFDL. It is basically a copyleft for documents. It doesn't have the endorsements or exemptions for small scale copying that many seem to want. The only thing that gives

Re: New Sun's documentation license

2002-08-15 Thread Walter Landry
Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 07:20:14AM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: In fact, it is a rather nice license, much better than the GFDL. It is basically a copyleft for documents. It doesn't have the endorsements or exemptions for small scale copying that

Re: New Sun's documentation license

2002-08-15 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 02:23:02PM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: Why did you CC me on this reply? Python 2.1 has a choice of law clause (Virginia, a UCITA state). It is also the default python for Debian. Choice of law has never been interpreted to be unfree. As U.S. law becomes increasingly