Chris Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The Debian Project has a philosophical commitment to protecting the
freedoms of the users of software that it calls free. These freedoms
are spelled out in the Debian Social Contract and Debian Free Software
Guidelines.
You can argue whether the
Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The arguments that have been presented that say that requiring file
renaming is an infringment on the freedoms guaranteed by the DFSG are
certainly reasonable ones and I can find much in them to agree with, but
the DFSG really *aren't* clear on this
On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 18:40, Russ Allbery wrote:
Thomas Bushnell, BSG [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Thomas Bushnell, BSG [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And note that it begins with I decided to put these fonts into the
public domain; all I have asked is
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 08:09:55PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
I don't find your argument particularly persuasive; it seems to be very
strong on emotion without a lot of logic to back it up, or without any
real discussion of what you're trying to defend and why.
That's because some of us have
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 08:48:16PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
Right, I understand your distinction between what Debian does and what its
users do, and it makes sense to me. I just still would never say that
it's okay to break this kind of request, although I might say that it's
legally
Then he must be giving his earnest encouragements, and not a license,
since the work is public domain, right?
I don't know.
I can understand the principle that if something is PD then you can't
claim licence conditions on it, however some who've indicated that they
have a better grasp of the
(BTW, CC: me since I'm not subscribed to either lists)
Thus spoke Henning Makholm:
If it's anything like Danish trademark law, there ought to be a
possibility of challenging the trademark registration (though there
may be out-of-pocket expenses, hence steps 1-4). I assume that
somebody has
Hola a [EMAIL PROTECTED] Necesito un poco de ayuda sobre como añadir un disco
duro
a mi PC. Os explico la situación: ahora mismo tengo instalado en un
disco duro de 8Gb, Windows 98 y Debian 2.0. Tengo el disco duro como
Maestro primario y un CD-ROM como esclavo primario. Me acabo de comprar
I don't really have anything to say that hasn't been said by others in
the past, but since some folks are (understandably, really) tired of
the issue, I thought I'd try to explain the standard debian-legal take
on it. Someone correct me if I'm inaccurate.
Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 2002-09-05 08:57:57 -0400, Brian Sniffen wrote:
Fortunately, as Thomas has repeatedly explained, the license on the CM
fonts appears to require changing only the .mf file name, which is not
a functional part.
IBTD. The common interpretation in the TeX community IIRC is that
a file cmr10.tfm
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 01:30:02PM +0100, Rob Bradford wrote:
On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 16:59, Steve Langasek wrote:
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 01:25:20PM +0200, Ignacio García Fernández wrote:
Can someone familiar with Spanish IP law comment on what weight is given
to prior art in the case of a
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 11:24:25PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote:
From what I've gleaned from the reports (third-hand, as I don't know
Spanish), they are using the trademark as backing for a certification
program in connection with courses they offer. Seing how they
apparently have no respect
Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And if you'd taken that sentence in the context of its paragraph, you'd
have seen that it referred explicitly to LaTeX.
You're right; I'm sorry. My mind was going faster than my eyes, and I
apologize for the misunderstanding.
Anyway, thank you for
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 16:56, Steve Langasek wrote:
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 01:30:02PM +0100, Rob Bradford wrote:
On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 16:59, Steve Langasek wrote:
Strategically, it's also better to assert our rights to the trademark
instead of waiting for the trademark holder to start suing
Martin Schröder [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
IBTD. The common interpretation in the TeX community IIRC is that
a file cmr10.tfm must contain the same metrices and encodings as
Knuth's. You may change the font (i.e. the appearance of the
glpyhs), but the metrices must be Knuth's.
The common
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