Re: [OT] Re: Gmail (was: Dual licensing)

2007-05-14 Thread MJ Ray
Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 14/05/07, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 14 May 2007 14:53:11 -0500 Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: > > > What's a good webmail to use then? > > > > The URLs I referenced suggest some alternative e-mail services, IIRC. >

Re: Can a font with an unfree character be free?

2007-05-14 Thread Don Armstrong
First off, we're not talking about free/non-free here; we're talking about who controls the copyright of a glyph in a font. The free/non-free nature of the glyph is dependent on how that work is licensed, not the copyright status of the work. On Tue, 15 May 2007, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > But a de

Re: Can a font with an unfree character be free?

2007-05-14 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 5/14/07, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 14 May 2007, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On 5/14/07, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Considering the fact that the actual symbol is a white wheelchair on a > >blue background, it's not clear that a black font would be a

Re: Can a font with an unfree character be free?

2007-05-14 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 14 May 2007, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On 5/14/07, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Considering the fact that the actual symbol is a white wheelchair on a > >blue background, it's not clear that a black font would be a ^ > >derivative work of such

Re: [OT] Re: Gmail (was: Dual licensing)

2007-05-14 Thread Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso
On 14/05/07, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 14 May 2007 14:53:11 -0500 Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: > On 11/05/07, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > P.S.: I recommend you against the use of Google Gmail. > > What's a good webmail to use then? The URLs I referenc

Re: [OT] Re: Gmail (was: Dual licensing)

2007-05-14 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 14 May 2007 14:53:11 -0500 Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: > On 11/05/07, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > P.S.: I recommend you against the use of Google Gmail. > > What's a good webmail to use then? The URLs I referenced suggest some alternative e-mail services, IIRC. --

Re: Bug#423683: msttcorefonts: Windows Vista Fonts available legally for free

2007-05-14 Thread Adam Borowski
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 05:24:04PM +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Am Montag, den 14.05.2007, 13:25 +0200 schrieb Thijs Kinkhorst: > > I've reviewed the licence, and I'm afraid it's a bit more bothered than > > that > > of the ms core fonts for the web: "You may use the software only to view >

[OT] Re: Gmail (was: Dual licensing)

2007-05-14 Thread Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso
On 11/05/07, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: P.S.: I recommend you against the use of Google Gmail. What's a good webmail to use then? - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#423683: msttcorefonts: Windows Vista Fonts available legally for free

2007-05-14 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Montag, den 14.05.2007, 13:25 +0200 schrieb Thijs Kinkhorst: > I've reviewed the licence, and I'm afraid it's a bit more bothered than that > of the ms core fonts for the web: "You may use the software only to view and > print files created with Microsoft Office software. You may not use the

EPSG data reviewing in progress [was Re: libgeotiff_1.2.3-1_i386.changes REJECTED]

2007-05-14 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 10:14:35AM +, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Hi Maintainer, > > i dont think the EPSG tables license is free, so the dataset cant go into > Debian main. Its a "dont modify, non-commercial only" license and a simple > conversion into a different format doesnt change the license

Re: Can a font with an unfree character be free?

2007-05-14 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 5/14/07, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Considering the fact that the actual symbol is a white wheelchair on a blue background, it's not clear that a black font would be a derivative work of such a design. I didn't think simply changing colors removed the original copyright.

Re: Can a font with an unfree character be free?

2007-05-14 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 02:51:31AM -0400, Nathan Edges II wrote: > [...] > http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/japanese/resource/other/z00014/z0001406_e.html > [...] > > If a font includes [the symbol of access wheelchair] as a character, > can it be free? The character itself isn't non-free, but rather th

Re: Can a font with an unfree character be free?

2007-05-14 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 14 May 2007, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > The International Symbol of Access (the wheelchair symbol that's > used all over the place), to the best of my knowledge, is unfree. > Its conditions of use can be seen at > http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/japanese/resource/other/z00014/z0001406_e.html > It'