Re: GPL photographies, eg for backround

2008-12-29 Thread Ben Finney
Måns Rullgård writes: > Don Armstrong writes: > > > Under GPL v3, when we convey a work in a non-source form, we must > > satisfy all of 6d. That requires making the Corresponding Source > > available, which we cannot. > > > > Under GPL v2, we distribute under 3(a), and that also requires > > d

Re: GPL photographies, eg for backround

2008-12-29 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Måns Rullgård wrote: > Don Armstrong writes: > > If we don't have the corresponding source, we can't satisfy the > > GPL, so we cannot distribute (GPLv2 §4, GPLv3 §8). > > Your argument, if it can be called that, assumes that the > requirements of the GPL, or any license, ex

Re: GPL photographies, eg for backround

2008-12-29 Thread Måns Rullgård
Don Armstrong writes: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Måns Rullgård wrote: >> Don Armstrong writes: >> > On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Måns Rullgård wrote: >> >> More precisely, Debian has the right to distribute such a work, but >> >> chooses not to do so. >> > >> > If a work is GPLed and we do not have the com

Re: GPL photographies, eg for backround

2008-12-29 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Måns Rullgård wrote: > Don Armstrong writes: > > On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Måns Rullgård wrote: > >> More precisely, Debian has the right to distribute such a work, but > >> chooses not to do so. > > > > If a work is GPLed and we do not have the complete source for the > > work, w

Re: GPL photographies, eg for backround

2008-12-29 Thread Måns Rullgård
Don Armstrong writes: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Måns Rullgård wrote: >> More precisely, Debian has the right to distribute such a work, but >> chooses not to do so. > > If a work is GPLed and we do not have the complete source for the > work, we cannot distribute it under the GPL. If the work as di

Re: GPL photographies, eg for backround

2008-12-29 Thread Ben Finney
Josselin Mouette writes: > More precisely: if you are the copyright owner, you can publish it > in whatever format you like, and if under a free license (e.g. the > GPL), it will be acceptable for Debian. Even more precisely: The work is only redistributable under the GPL if you also make availa

Re: GPL photographies, eg for backround

2008-12-29 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Måns Rullgård wrote: > More precisely, Debian has the right to distribute such a work, but > chooses not to do so. If a work is GPLed and we do not have the complete source for the work, we cannot distribute it under the GPL. [For non-copyleft works, however, your statement is

Re: GPL photographies, eg for backround

2008-12-29 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:20:02 +0100 Thomas Harding wrote: [...] > * To upload a "background source package", is it mandatory to use >an uncompressed format, such as tiff, for photographies, or a >high-res jpeg format, which is now commonly used by digital >cameras and well-handled by

Re: GPL photographies, eg for backround

2008-12-29 Thread Måns Rullgård
Ken Arromdee writes: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Josselin Mouette wrote: >> More precisely: if you are the copyright owner, you can publish it in >> whatever format you like, and if under a free license (e.g. the GPL), it >> will be acceptable for Debian. > > Say what? > > If you GPL a program and don

Re: GPL photographies, eg for backround

2008-12-29 Thread Ken Arromdee
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Josselin Mouette wrote: > More precisely: if you are the copyright owner, you can publish it in > whatever format you like, and if under a free license (e.g. the GPL), it > will be acceptable for Debian. Say what? If you GPL a program and don't provide source code, Debian doe

Re: GPL photographies, eg for backround

2008-12-29 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le lundi 29 décembre 2008 à 13:52 +0100, Marco d'Itri a écrit : > > * To upload a "background source package", is it mandatory to use > > an uncompressed format, such as tiff, for photographies, or a > E.g. this is bullshit. More precisely: if you are the copyright owner, you can publish it in

Re: GPL photographies, eg for backround

2008-12-29 Thread Marco d'Itri
t...@thomas-harding.name wrote: >Anyway, as the content have slightly changed, you'll find the thread in >debian-legal: You should not trust everything you read on debian-legal. > * To upload a "background source package", is it mandatory to use > an uncompressed format, such as tiff, for phot