Re: Bug#200411: www.debian.org: confusing description of non-US sections

2003-07-08 Thread Matt Kraai
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 02:24:25PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: The packages page at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages currently says: = Non-US/Main and Non-US/Non-Free These packages cannot be exported from the USA, they are mostly encryption software packages, or software that

Re: Bug#200411: www.debian.org: confusing description of non-US sections

2003-07-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 09:59:34PM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote: The thread http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/debian-legal-200207/msg00029.html documents the exact rationale for these sections. The following patch incorporates its conclusions into the packages page. I'd appreciate

Re: Unicode Character Database

2003-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 05:10:38PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 10:34:36PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This license is not actually DFSG-free; it grants the right to make copies, to use copies for creating products, and

Re: Bug#200411: www.debian.org: confusing description of non-US sections

2003-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 09:59:34PM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote: The thread http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/debian-legal-200207/msg00029.html documents the exact rationale for these sections. The following patch incorporates its conclusions into the packages page. I'd appreciate

Re: Bug#200411: www.debian.org: confusing description of non-US sections

2003-07-08 Thread Matt Kraai
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 03:01:17AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 09:59:34PM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote: Index: english/distrib/packages.wml === RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/distrib/packages.wml,v

Re: Bug#200411: www.debian.org: confusing description of non-US sections

2003-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 06:15:35AM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote: On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 03:01:17AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: [snip] s/encryption software packages/ that are not exempted from the export control procedure that is used for packages in Main/ I find this last change

Re: Unicode Character Database

2003-07-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 02:54:47AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 05:10:38PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 10:34:36PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This license is not actually DFSG-free; it grants

Packaging of dvd software

2003-07-08 Thread Stephen Gran
Hello all, I have just asked on -mentors, and been referred to you for this question, so here I am. I am considering packaging a small (15K compressed) utility that extracts data from video dvd's. It does not link against libdvdcss, although it will use it if found. The program itself is GPL,

Re: Packaging of dvd software

2003-07-08 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 01:21:36PM -0400, Stephen Gran wrote: I have just asked on -mentors, and been referred to you for this question, so here I am. I am considering packaging a small (15K compressed) utility that extracts data from video dvd's. It does not link against libdvdcss, although

Re: Packaging of dvd software

2003-07-08 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Glenn Maynard said: On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 01:21:36PM -0400, Stephen Gran wrote: I have just asked on -mentors, and been referred to you for this question, so here I am. I am considering packaging a small (15K compressed) utility that extracts data from video

Re: Unicode Character Database

2003-07-08 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is /usr/share/perl/5.8.0/unicore/UnicodeData.txt a copy of the file, or an extracted form of it? As I read the license, the file is only freely redistributable *after* you've modified it -- unless the file is not actually copyrightable and the license