mpeg-1 layer 3 encoders in Debian

2001-04-10 Thread Brian Ristuccia
A while back, it was stated that mpeg-1 layer 3 encoders couldn't be packaged. I see that libavifile has a libmp3lame_audioenc that doesn't appear to invoke an external lame binary. Has Debian's policy on layer 3 encoders changed? -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is this patch OK for main?

2001-04-10 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
[I'm probably repeating myself, but this is for the benefit of debian-legal readers and may help to shorten discussion] On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 16:10:39 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > could someone please tell me if this patch: > - contains any code with legal problems (e.g. patents)? Not that I'm a

Re: Answer from SAP DB Labs

2001-04-10 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 03:05:08PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 02:56:34PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 11:44:17AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > > I will keep contact. Maybe you will see contrib packages based on the SAP > > > DB source a

Is this patch OK for main?

2001-04-10 Thread Adrian Bunk
Hi, could someone please tell me if this patch: - contains any code with legal problems (e.g. patents)? - forces the package to go to non-US? If none of the above is true I'll apply this patch to the Debian util-linux package. Thanks in advance for your answers Adrian PS: Please Cc me because I

Re: LinuxLand's strange copyright notices

2001-04-10 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I know for books, the copyright on the collection as a whole (including > > cover art, etc) is separate from the copyright on the individual stories. > > I assume this is similar. > > This is true, and related to the case. But the copyright on t

Re: Answer from SAP DB Labs

2001-04-10 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 02:56:34PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 11:44:17AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > I will keep contact. Maybe you will see contrib packages based on the SAP > > DB source and the Binary Build Environemnt before you will see DFSG > > compliant pa

Re: Answer from SAP DB Labs

2001-04-10 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 11:44:17AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > I will keep contact. Maybe you will see contrib packages based on the SAP DB > source and the Binary Build Environemnt before you will see DFSG compliant > packages. Packages in contrib have to be dsg free. Non-dfsg free software g

Answer from SAP DB Labs

2001-04-10 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hello, to update you on the progress of the SAP DB Packages: I got answer from a nice guy at SAP about the problem of the Open Source Ness of the Build Environment: (copyed it to deian-email, but it is german) - SAP is not giving out the code for the Build environment since they dont wanted to

Re: LinuxLand's strange copyright notices

2001-04-10 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I know for books, the copyright on the collection as a whole (including > > cover art, etc) is separate from the copyright on the individual stories. > > I assume this is similar. > > This is true, and related to the case. But the copyright on the

Re: Does this conform to DFSG?

2001-04-10 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 10:25:48AM +0200, Peter Makholm wrote: > I'm almost sure I'm not wrong. The GPL has some problems which makes > it incompatibel with a lot of open source-licenses and the BSD-derived > licenses has not this problem. There are two advertising related clauses in the tradition

Re: LinuxLand's strange copyright notices

2001-04-10 Thread Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller
Hi On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, LinuxLand / Hans-Jörg Ehren wrote: > That copyright only reflects to packaging, artwork etc. The content > ist still free software, no question. That sounds OK. > > Another strange thing is the impressum in the manual shipped with > > the CDs, saying: > > > > The co

Re: AT&T Open Source License

2001-04-10 Thread Colin Watson
Jun Yan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am interested becoming a new maintainer and packaging ggobi,a data >visualization system for high-dimensional data. Its license indicates the >following: > > Package License > stand-alone ggobi AT&T Op

Re: Does this conform to DFSG?

2001-04-10 Thread Peter Makholm
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: > Peter Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Clause 3 and 4 imposes restrictions on the software not found in the > > GPL, which makes GPL incompatible with this license. BSD licenses has > > no such problems. > > I'm almost sure you are inco