Hi debian-legal,
I'm participating in a project that is opening the source of a classic
game (Star Control 2) and porting it to modern operating systems. The
code for the game has already been relicensed under the GPL, but the
game's original authors (who hold copyright) have not yet picked a
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 01:51:59 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven Barker) wrote:
I'd like the advice of this list as to whether data under that license
would be DFSG free. I think the license is a pretty straightforward
copyleft, though at least the translated version has some unclear
language.
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 20:57, Richard Braakman wrote:
And section 3 specifically says distribute under
the terms of Sections 1 and 2, so it can't be more permissive than
those sections. In fact, it imposes an extra requirement.
That's not quite correct.
Section 1 covers distributing the
On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 02:29, David B Harris wrote:
I don't believe part 7 is saying anything additional to what copyright
law already says; the original author still holds the copyright, even if
you got the data from friend who got the data from a sister who got the
data from an aunt who got
On 14 Dec 2002 03:08:03 -0500
Anthony DeRobertis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Part 8, I'm sure, will cause problems - it has in the past, but I
can't remember in what context; it may just be that some zealots
made some hubub a while back that. I don't really recall.
I can't manage to google
Hi everyone,
Just one little problem with packaging Balsa 2.0.3 so far. In line
with Debian-legal's position, I have to ask for your permission to
compile and link your software, Balsa with OpenSSL due to their
advertising clause. You must also agree to extend the right to use the
OpenSSL
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 10:59:55PM +1100, Andrew Lau wrote:
Hi everyone,
Just one little problem with packaging Balsa 2.0.3 so far. In line
with Debian-legal's position, I have to ask for your permission to
compile and link your software, Balsa with OpenSSL due to their
advertising
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:37:26AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
Section 2 says you have the option of changing that source code, and
then distributing that changed code as in section one (i.e., in source
form), so long as you note your changes, license under the GPL, and some
stuff about
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 03:08:03AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
Part of 2.2:
- specify to the recipient where he will be able to access
the originals (initial and subsequent). The author of the
original may, if he wishes, give you the right to broadcast /
distribute the
Fuck You.
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 01:51:59AM -0500, Steven Barker wrote:
I'm participating in a project that is opening the source of a classic
game (Star Control 2) and porting it to modern operating systems. The
code for the game has already been relicensed under the GPL, but the
game's original
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 10:42:08AM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote:
Oliver M. Bolzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
GImageView's author's diary pages lists some of the
suspicious files and changes (the page is in Japanese)
http://www.homa.ne.jp/~ashie/diary/?200212bto=200212122#200212122
According
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:29:49AM -0500, David B Harris wrote:
However, Part 2.1 is a serious concern. You have the right to copy this
work of art of your personal use, for your friends or any other person,
by employing whatever technique you choose. Reading the original
French, this is an
Hi Carlos,
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 12:32:10PM +, Carlos Morgado wrote:
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 10:59:55PM +1100, Andrew Lau wrote:
Hi everyone,
Just one little problem with packaging Balsa 2.0.3 so far. In line
with Debian-legal's position, I have to ask for your permission to
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 10:42:08AM -0800, Brian Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote...
The pornview author has already made a new release that fixes the
copyright violations and also notified me of this problem with the
version currently in Debian.
Good. Then I see no reason to pull pornview, as
Richard Braakman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's clear that our basic disagreement is here. I see nothing in
section 2 that would limit it only to source code.
Correct. Compiling is a form of modification. But are you able to
distribute everything in the object file (including the libraries)
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