Re: The debate on Invariant sections (long)

2003-06-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 12:18:37 +0200, Alexandre Dulaunoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Yes No. For example, a Free Software author wants to warn user for a specific usage of the software. The classical example is a RFID software that can be used as a tool against privacy. He adds a warning note

Re: Source Code of Music (was: various opinions on Debian vs the GFDL)

2003-06-04 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You have a similar but less severe problem if A is a high-precision digital recording (with lots of random noise in the low bits) and D is a compressed version: clearly A is source of D, I would argue that D is an excerpt of A. If someone

License of Emacs modes

2003-06-04 Thread Jérôme Marant
Hi, Since Emacsen are GPL-licensed, do Emacs modes have to be shipped under a GPL-compatible license? I discovered one of them which could be problematic. Thanks. -- Jérôme Marant

Re: License of Emacs modes

2003-06-04 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Jérôme Marant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since Emacsen are GPL-licensed, do Emacs modes have to be shipped under a GPL-compatible license? Pretty much. It is possible to write stand-alone elisp code that only uses Emacs internals. At that point you are okay, treating Emacs has an

Re: License of Emacs modes

2003-06-04 Thread Jérôme Marant
En réponse à Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jérôme Marant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since Emacsen are GPL-licensed, do Emacs modes have to be shipped under a GPL-compatible license? Pretty much. It is possible to write stand-alone elisp code that only uses Emacs internals.

Re: Open Software License

2003-06-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 05:21:48PM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: Anthony DeRobertis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 16:16, Joey Hess wrote: 10) Jurisdiction, Venue and Governing Law. You agree that any lawsuit arising under or relating to this License shall be maintained in

Re: License of Emacs modes

2003-06-04 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Jérôme Marant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: En réponse à Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jérôme Marant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since Emacsen are GPL-licensed, do Emacs modes have to be shipped under a GPL-compatible license? Pretty much. It is possible to write

Re: License of Emacs modes

2003-06-04 Thread Jérôme Marant
En réponse à Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Err, I thought the license of interpreted programs had to be compatible with the license of interpreters I don't think so. You are right. There answer is there: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#InterpreterIncompat No,

Re: Source Code of Music (was: various opinions on Debian vs the GFDL)

2003-06-04 Thread Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller
Hi Edmund, On Dienstag 03 Juni 2003 19:12, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You have a similar but less severe problem if A is a high-precision digital recording (with lots of random noise in the low bits) and D is a compressed version: clearly

Re: GDB Manual

2003-06-04 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Whether to change the GFDL is not a Debian decision, so I've decided not to discuss that here. Is there a public forum where you are willing to discuss that? Not now, and not in the way that some people want to discuss it (they throw stones at me while I stand there and get hit).

Re: The debate on Invariant sections (long)

2003-06-04 Thread Nathanael Nerode
RMS said: I've looked at the problems people have reported. Many of them are misunderstandings (what they believe is not allowed actually is allowed), many of these cases have adequate workarounds, and the rest are real inconveniences that shouldn't be exaggerated. OK... but... I've explained