Re: NetBeans ITP [was Re: CDDL]

2006-12-05 Thread Tom Marble
MJ Ray wrote: I just tried to add a trackback to this thread from the previously-cited article and was told 'ERROR: Comments and Trackbacks are disabled for the entry you specified.' Clearly comments are enabled, as a comment appears on that page. I'll try a cc on this mail, but I feel Sun

NetBeans ITP [was Re: CDDL]

2006-12-02 Thread Tom Marble
Marco d'Itri wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I watched Sun's Simon Phipps' talk at debconf 2006 few weeks ago. It was mentioned that the choice of venue was useless and would be removed from CDDL, thus making CDDL DSFG-compliant. There is no consensus that choice of venue clauses are not

Re: NetBeans ITP [was Re: CDDL]

2006-12-02 Thread Tom Marble
Josselin Mouette wrote: Please note that we don't accept software in Debian just because it is useful, but also because it is free. Understood. That said, I agree with some of the arguments given about the choice-of-venue clause. It is a bad clause, but I don't think it makes a piece of

Sun clarifies intent of the DLJ

2006-06-05 Thread Tom Marble
All: Thanks to the comments here [1] (and also [2] [3] [4]) we have worked to incorporate your feedback to further clarify the intent of the DLJ. We have made an updated revision to the DLJ FAQ (now version 1.2) which is publicly available at [5]. The preamble to the FAQ has been specifically

Re: [OT] Re: Sun responds to questions on the DLJ

2006-05-21 Thread Tom Marble
Josselin Mouette wrote: Le vendredi 19 mai 2006 à 23:42 -0500, Tom Marble a écrit : It was really great to be there... I enjoyed meeting you and many other Debian Developers. Perhaps the biggest thing for me to grok was that Debian isn't as much a technical organization as a social

Re: Sun responds to questions on the DLJ

2006-05-20 Thread Tom Marble
Josh Triplett wrote: Tom Marble wrote: Don Armstrong wrote: On Fri, 19 May 2006, Tom Marble wrote: + SECTION 2(c) There have been a series of speculations about this, despite the clarifications of FAQ #8. The term alternate technologies refers to projects such as kaffe, gcj

Sun responds to questions on the DLJ

2006-05-19 Thread Tom Marble
All: Let me start by repeating the message that Simon and I gave to you at Debconf: there is every reason for us to be friends and working with you is very important for Sun. Please consider: - We consider the FAQ [2] to be an accurate representation of the intent of this license [1] and do

Re: Sun responds to questions on the DLJ

2006-05-19 Thread Tom Marble
Don Armstrong wrote: On Fri, 19 May 2006, Tom Marble wrote: Thanks for comming to Debconf; the discussions were interesting even if there were disagreements at times. It was really great to be there... I enjoyed meeting you and many other Debian Developers. Perhaps the biggest thing for me