Re: Skype/Facebook trademark logos in Debian packages

2009-11-14 Thread Michael Below
with multiprotocol clients. Michael Below -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: mined copyright with no copyright

2008-03-25 Thread Michael Below
been a free project (in the Debian sense), Linux wouldn't have been necessary... Minix3 seems to have a more free license, see http://www.minix3.org/license.html But that wasn't available 20 years ago, it looks like the mined fork was made from commercial software. Michael Below -- Michael

Re: logwatch: list of copyright holders

2008-02-21 Thread Michael Below
copyright. Plus, I don't think authors can decide whether something is copyrightable (legal systems may differ about this). Best Michael Below -- Michael Below Rechtsanwalt www.judiz.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: [Fwd: Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV call for help.]

2008-01-30 Thread Michael Below
it would be difficult to apply this here. Michael -- Michael Below Rechtsanwalt www.judiz.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Fwd: Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV call for help.]

2008-01-30 Thread Michael Below
is not a legal problem in the UK. But you are not giving legal advice in the legal sense of the word. The UK legal system seems to be thriving, if it's able create such fine distinctions :) Michael Below -- Michael Below Rechtsanwalt www.judiz.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Fwd: Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV call for help.]

2008-01-26 Thread Michael Below
to define it away post factum. A pipe is a pipe, even if you put a sign This is not a pipe beneath it. Michael Below Rechtsanwalt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [sdcc-devel] Licensing and building from real source

2007-07-11 Thread Michael Below
use with attribution. At least from a german law point of view, it doesn't matter if the correct terms are used, as long as the will can be deduced with reasonable clarity. -- Michael Below Rechtsanwalt www.judiz.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: [sdcc-devel] Licensing and building from real source

2007-07-11 Thread Michael Below
Steve Langasek schrieb: On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 01:53:58PM +0200, Michael Below wrote: Am Mi 11 Jul 2007 13:07:03 CEST schrieb Bas Wijnen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The AS assemblers and the ASLINK relocating linker are placed in the Public Domain. Publication

Re: Knowledgetree Public License [KPL] v1.1.1

2007-06-11 Thread Michael Below
is not being licensed. But copying the software is only allowed if the logo is included. Maybe this is not intended? As it is, the software seems to be not distributable, if you don't acquire a license for the logo separately. My .02 €... -- Michael Below Rechtsanwalt www.judiz.de

Re: ITP: rott -- Rise of the Triad: The HUNT begins

2007-02-23 Thread Michael Below
, Michael Below -- Michael Below Rechtsanwalt www.judiz.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Pkg-awstats-devel] Bug#388571: awstats: Non-free Firefox icon included

2006-09-23 Thread Michael Below
to use the Firefox logo. From a practical point of view: I don't think this is intended by the Mozilla people. Probably they will grant you a license, if you ask. Michael Below -- Michael Below Rechtsanwalt www.judiz.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Bug#388571: [Pkg-awstats-devel] Bug#388571: awstats: Non-free Firefox icon included

2006-09-22 Thread Michael Below
Sune Vuorela [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 2006-09-22, Michael Below [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a practical point of view: I don't think this is intended by the Mozilla people. Probably they will grant you a license, if you ask. Please read this: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin

Re: Reusing GPL code without applying GPL legal in Europe?

2006-09-01 Thread Michael Below
some kind of choice between different approaches to a problem, instead of simply following technical necessities. See Wandtke/Bullinger, § 69a Rn. 34/35. As far as I understand part of the argument with Mr. Schily is about Makefiles, these might be trivial (I'm no programmer). Michael Below

Re: Reusing GPL code without applying GPL legal in Europe?

2006-09-01 Thread Michael Below
Michael Below schrieb: As far as I understand part of the argument with Mr. Schily is about Makefiles, these might be trivial (I'm no programmer). I got the name wrong, sorry for that: It's Jörg Schilling. Michael Below -- Michael Below Rechtsanwalt www.judiz.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: quake2 and german youth protection law

2005-07-03 Thread Michael Below
a plot and some kind of message is expressed. I think computer games are often thought to be too trivial/too commercial. Michael Below

Re: quake2 and german youth protection law

2005-07-02 Thread Michael Below
was pretty upset some years ago, but I didn't hear about this for quite some time now. Maybe I should ask for information on this when sending that summary, maybe there are some gamers on this list. Michael Below

Re: quake2 and german youth protection law

2005-06-24 Thread Michael Below
MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Michael Below [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My research has shown that quake2 and quake2-data seem to conflict with german youth protection law. As I understand it, you are relying on them being regarded im wesentlichen the same as a Windows-based quake2 CD. I

Re: quake2 and german youth protection law

2005-06-18 Thread Michael Below
think we should tell the german mirror ftp admin about our conclusions, if we agree on the legal matters. Michael Below

Re: quake2 and german youth protection law

2005-06-13 Thread Michael Below
than a bug in quake2. Maybe... But that's how the law is, see DMCA or whatever. Michael Below -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian and Cuba

2005-03-26 Thread Michael Below
to subvert the U.S. embargo. You can see how this would get messy. A quick look on bafa.de (BAFA = german export regulation office) doesn't show a regulation wrt Cuba. And on their website, they are listing all the EU-wide restrictions, too. But maybe my look was too quick... Michael Below

Re: x.org non free?

2005-03-25 Thread Michael Below
Mickaël Leduque [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (I'm not related with debian, except being a debian user) I'm a bit worried by this file I found in x.org source : xc/README.crypto I'm sure this question has been answered hundreds of times and there's nothing worrying here, but the contents of

Re: x.org non free?

2005-03-25 Thread Michael Below
Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Michael Below [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm not a developer either, but from the legal point of view you're right, I'd say. Their README.crypto says: Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hardware, software, technology

Re: GPLed firmware flasher ...

2005-03-11 Thread Michael Below
would avoid GPL... Michael Below (not a DD, not a lawyer, not a d-l regular, no special knowledge in anglo-saxon copyright law) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GPLed firmware flasher ...

2005-03-11 Thread Michael Below
that it's a derived work if one takes an existing work or part of it and creates something new out of it, so in the end there is only one work. I know this is not very precise. Michael Below -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: GPLed firmware flasher ...

2005-03-11 Thread Michael Below
... A teacher of mine used to repeat that sentence all the time: as a lawyer, always choose the most secure way. So that's what I would advise you, even if I'm not yet a lawyer. Michael Below -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL