Re: firefox - iceweasel package is probably not legal

2006-12-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 11:28:04AM +, MJ Ray wrote: Sean Kellogg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, you propose that Firefox refers to both the code base and the browser? Not only that, but firefox (lowercase, not as in the trademark) While I agree with the conclusion that there's no great

Re: firefox - iceweasel package is probably not legal

2006-12-08 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Friday 08 December 2006 00:16, Steve Langasek wrote: On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 11:28:04AM +, MJ Ray wrote: Sean Kellogg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, you propose that Firefox refers to both the code base and the browser? Not only that, but firefox (lowercase, not as in the

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-08 Thread MJ Ray
Terry Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] Just because it's fun to argue, though [...] I think it's extremely unfunny to have off-topic angels-on-pinhead debates looping away. If anything on-topic comes out of this subthread, please summarise it in a new subthread. Thanks, -- MJR/slef My Opinion

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-08 Thread MJ Ray
Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Eugene cannot use the name ChangedFont, because it's the name of the work he's modifying - neither can Eugene use the name MyFont, because it's the name of the work ChangedFont is based on - Eugene calls his font EnhancedFont *

GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-08 Thread Francesco Poli
Hi all! What follows is my own analysis of the first draft of GNU FDL v2. I welcome any comments on my reasoning. The full text of the draft is available at http://gplv3.fsf.org/ GNU Free Documentation License Discussion Draft 1 of Version 2, 25 September 2006 THIS IS A DRAFT, NOT A

Take two: GSFDL v1 draft 1 analysis [long, again]

2006-12-08 Thread Francesco Poli
Hi all again! What follows is my own analysis of the first draft of GNU SFDL v1. I apologize for repeating some of the comments I've already written regarding the GNU FDL v2 draft, but... blame the FSF for publishing *two* license drafts with large chunks of identical text in common... Once

PEAR / PHP License status

2006-12-08 Thread Sylvain Beucler
Hi, What is the status of the discussion with PEAR (or PHP Group) about using the PHP license in some of the PEAR packages? [1][2] I'm currently in need of QuickForm (v3) in a GNU GPL'd application, but QuickForm is released under the PHP license, which is incompatible :/ Thanks, [1]

Re: firefox - iceweasel package is probably not legal

2006-12-08 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 01:21:24AM +0100, Jacobo Tarrio wrote: El martes, 5 de diciembre de 2006 a las 13:57:48 -0800, Jeff Carr escrib?a: I notice that recently you have complied with Mozilla's request to not use their trademarks for your browser packages. However, you can't also use

Re: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-08 Thread MJ Ray
Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What follows is my own analysis of the first draft of GNU FDL v2. I welcome any comments on my reasoning. As you might expect from my summary http://mjr.towers.org.uk/blog/2006/fdl#general I agree with most of that reasoning, apart from: [...] Both

Re: PEAR / PHP License status

2006-12-08 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 10:05:52PM +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote: Hi, What is the status of the discussion with PEAR (or PHP Group) about using the PHP license in some of the PEAR packages? [1][2] I'm currently in need of QuickForm (v3) in a GNU GPL'd application, but QuickForm is released

Re: PEAR / PHP License status

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 12/9/06, Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 10:05:52PM +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote: Hi, If you are the author of said application, you could release under the MIT or BSD-type license. Couldn't GPL+exception be used? Or is the incompatibility both ways?