Re: PHP-Nuke License Conclusion?

2003-05-17 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 08:35, Henning Makholm wrote: Your only point seems to be that *sometimes* the description of such almost-but-not-quite-GPL licensing terms is phrased in unclear and possibly inconsistent ways. This in no way entails that *every* set of almost-but-not-quite-GPL

Re: DFSG analysis of default LDP license

2003-05-17 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 02:41, Branden Robinson wrote: Colin Watson helpfully provided this information in a recent mail: 4. The location of the original unmodified document be identified. I feel that this clause might be problematic in a way that clauses 1, 2, and 3

Maxima: Difficult US export restriction issue

2003-05-17 Thread Adam Warner
Hi all, The Maxima team is having difficulty reconciling the requirements of this letter: http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/wfs/maxima-doe-auth.gif with Maxima being GPL compatible. The letter states that the previous paragraph should be included in the GPL and should accompany other modifications,

Re: Maxima: Difficult US export restriction issue

2003-05-17 Thread Sam Hartman
Is there some reason you cannot include that paragraph in the text that invokes the GPL in evry source file? Would that not be sufficient? Also, unless sections of 15 CFR have been renumbered, I believe the citation to the EAR is wrong.

Re: [OT] Droit d'auteur vs. free software?

2003-05-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This approach means that authors will be forced to accept any kind of modifications, even those that directly go against their artistic wishes. The US system thinks this is OK since you got paid. The European system thinks this is not OK.

Re: [OT] Droit d'auteur vs. free software?

2003-05-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: People will think you made the silly modifications, and so your reputation is harmed. I am not required by law to say I modified the work if I bought the copyright from you. But that's true whether I start with your work at all. I can make

Re: [OT] Droit d'auteur vs. free software?

2003-05-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Possible, unless I'm so famous that people would recognize the painting as being from me anyway. Or the painting has been on display as being mine for some time. Or whatever. What about Marcel Duchamp? Was his work morally reprehensible?

Re: [OT] Droit d'auteur vs. free software?

2003-05-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Glenn Maynard wrote: On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 07:45:51PM +0200, Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet wrote: The motivation for making them unrevokable is to prevent authors from being forced to accept unconditional surrender of their works.

Re: The debate on Invariant sections (long)

2003-05-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Then along comes Linus, and the world goes oooh, shiny! and ignores or trivialises GNU in the rush to become part of the cool new thing. nice interpretation RMS and co get very offended at this, feel that it's starting to look like, even if the

Re: Maxima: Difficult US export restriction issue

2003-05-17 Thread Adam Warner
(Sorry if this is a dupe. The news.gmane.org news-to-email gateway may be having problems so I've replied in the traditional way from my email client) Hi Sam Hartman, Is there some reason you cannot include that paragraph in the text that invokes the GPL in every source file? Would that not

Re: [OT] Droit d'auteur vs. free software?

2003-05-17 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 03:06:47PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG said: = Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: = = This approach means that authors will be forced to accept = any kind of modifications, even those that directly go against = their artistic wishes. The US system