Re: summary of software licenses in non-free

2004-01-21 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 07:11:50AM +0300, Alexander Cherepanov wrote: 13-Jan-04 14:52 Branden Robinson wrote: I personally[1] would maintain that a requirement to change a filename is an unacceptable restriction on one's freedom to modify the work. The LaTeX Project no longer appears to be

Re: summary of software licenses in non-free

2004-01-16 Thread Alexander Cherepanov
13-Jan-04 14:52 Branden Robinson wrote: I personally[1] would maintain that a requirement to change a filename is an unacceptable restriction on one's freedom to modify the work. The LaTeX Project no longer appears to be interested in contending this issue, and I know of no other copyright

Re: summary of software licenses in non-free

2004-01-14 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Jan 10, 2004, at 18:53, Glenn Maynard wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 05:44:36PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: (if it's even valid, bitmap fonts can't be copyrighted in the US) This doesn't help Debian; I think the bitmap font copyright thing is an isolated strangeness of US law.

Re: summary of software licenses in non-free

2004-01-13 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 06:53:55PM -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 05:44:36PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: (if it's even valid, bitmap fonts can't be copyrighted in the US) This doesn't help Debian; I think the bitmap font copyright thing is an isolated

Re: summary of software licenses in non-free

2004-01-13 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 11:11:52AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: [Cc:ed to debian-legal, as the detailed examination of licenses is more on-topic for that list; d-l folks, feel free to drop the reference to d-vote if further nitpicking is required ;)] [...] On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 06:57:09PM

Re: summary of software licenses in non-free

2004-01-11 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004, Steve Langasek wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 06:57:09PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: mocka BSD-style license with noxious advertising clause. why is this in non-free? This does look like a mistaken categorization to me; to my eye, the

Re: summary of software licenses in non-free

2004-01-10 Thread Steve Langasek
[Cc:ed to debian-legal, as the detailed examination of licenses is more on-topic for that list; d-l folks, feel free to drop the reference to d-vote if further nitpicking is required ;)] Craig, On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 06:57:09PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: some people expressed doubt about the

Re: summary of software licenses in non-free

2004-01-10 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Jan 10, 2004, at 18:21, Raul Miller wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 04:54:30PM +, Oliver Elphick wrote: Only true if it incorporates someone else's GPL source. If it is all the author's own work, he can do whatever he likes and the licence becomes a composite of the GPL and his

Re: summary of software licenses in non-free

2004-01-10 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 05:44:36PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: (if it's even valid, bitmap fonts can't be copyrighted in the US) This doesn't help Debian; I think the bitmap font copyright thing is an isolated strangeness of US law. -- Glenn Maynard

Re: summary of software licenses in non-free

2004-01-10 Thread Raul Miller
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 06:57:09PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: mmix-srcpart GPL. part Donald Knuth license - modified files must be renamed and clearly identified. why is this in non-free? On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 13:38, Raul Miller wrote: We probably don't have

Re: summary of software licenses in non-free

2004-01-10 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
[ I've taken the liberty of cc'ing debian-legal, where license issues are discussed. -legal readers probably want to drop -vote. Reply-to set. ] On Jan 10, 2004, at 02:57, Craig Sanders wrote: X3270 - x3270 seems to be free. IMO, maintainer is overly cautious about