Re: Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re: GPL+ for docs

2004-03-10 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
Hi. I normally don't read this list (so don't shout at me if I'm dumb ;) but as an affected maintainer I have read the interpretation of this licence and have a question. On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 03:08:29PM -0500, Jeremy Hankins wrote: --- Debian-legal summary --- The OPL (Open Publication

Re: Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re : GPL+ for docs

2004-03-10 Thread Humberto Massa
Frank Lichtenheld wrote: Hi. .. stuff ... - The person who makes any modifications must be identified, which violates the dissident test. Hmm, a question about this: Wouldn't make this the GPL DFSG-nonfree? It states You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that

Re: Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re: GPL+ for docs

2004-03-10 Thread Simon Law
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 01:56:11PM +0100, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: - The person who makes any modifications must be identified, which violates the dissident test. Hmm, a question about this: Wouldn't make this the GPL DFSG-nonfree? It states You must cause the modified files to carry

Re: Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re: GPL+ for docs

2004-03-10 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 01:56:11PM +0100, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: - The person who makes any modifications must be identified, which violates the dissident test. Hmm, a question about this: Wouldn't make this the GPL DFSG-nonfree? It states You must cause the modified files to carry

Re: Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re: GPL+ for docs

2004-03-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 12:07:18AM -0500, Simon Law wrote: On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 03:08:29PM -0500, Jeremy Hankins wrote: Here's a summary, since it doesn't seem like anyone has anything more to say on the subject: Hmm... I hate to seem authoritarian, but I'd like to see a little

Re: Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re: GPL+ for docs

2004-03-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:00:44AM -0500, Jeremy Hankins wrote: I think we should take it on a case-by-case basis. For many cases, I'm afraid, this would simply end up taking up most of our time following the forms of producing summaries. My judgement was that there is no real controversy on

Re: Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re: GPL+ for docs

2004-03-03 Thread Jeremy Hankins
Simon Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 03:08:29PM -0500, Jeremy Hankins wrote: Here's a summary, since it doesn't seem like anyone has anything more to say on the subject: Hmm... I hate to seem authoritarian, but I'd like to see a little more formality in d-l

Re: Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re: GPL+ for docs

2004-03-03 Thread Simon Law
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:00:44AM -0500, Jeremy Hankins wrote: Simon Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 03:08:29PM -0500, Jeremy Hankins wrote: Here's a summary, since it doesn't seem like anyone has anything more to say on the subject: Hmm... I hate to seem

Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re: GPL+ for docs

2004-03-02 Thread Jeremy Hankins
Oleksandr Moskalenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My understanding of how this discussion developed is that a GPL license + a clause about allowing small non-commercial _paper_ printing runs to not have to provide sources, applied to software documentation would be DFSG-free and is generally

Re: Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re: GPL+ for docs

2004-03-02 Thread Ken Arromdee
By the way, where are the dissident test (or for that matter, the desert island test) described? They don't seem to be in the definition of the DFSG on debian.org, a search on debian.org for dissident brings up no results, and it's not clear that an outside person who looks at a summary would

Re: Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re: GPL+ for docs

2004-03-02 Thread Jeremy Hankins
Ken Arromdee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: By the way, where are the dissident test (or for that matter, the desert island test) described? They don't seem to be in the definition of the DFSG on debian.org, a search on debian.org for dissident brings up no results, and it's not clear that an

Re: Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re: GPL+ for docs

2004-03-02 Thread Alexander Winston
On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 19:41 -0500, Jeremy Hankins wrote: Ken Arromdee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: By the way, where are the dissident test (or for that matter, the desert island test) described? They don't seem to be in the definition of the DFSG on debian.org, a search on debian.org for

Re: Summary: Is Open Publication License v1.0 compatible?, was Re: GPL+ for docs

2004-03-02 Thread Simon Law
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 03:08:29PM -0500, Jeremy Hankins wrote: Here's a summary, since it doesn't seem like anyone has anything more to say on the subject: Hmm... I hate to seem authoritarian, but I'd like to see a little more formality in d-l summaries. What would be nice is