Re: tcldom_2.6-1_powerpc.changes REJECTED

2003-10-21 Thread David N. Welton
Hi, I packaged up tcldom for inclusion in Debian... James Troup, one of the 'gatekeepers', so to speak, has the following to say about the license for tcldom. As a consequence, I'm writing you to suggest that clarifying it (i.e. add something about modification as per a standard BSD license),

Re: license check for tqsllib

2003-10-21 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 10:16:09AM -0600, Joel Baker wrote: I find that, as a general rule, only very large institutions (which are always wary of license changes) and less than open-minded individuals (with whom it is difficult to discuss any such change reasonably) are actively against such

Re: tcldom_2.6-1_powerpc.changes REJECTED

2003-10-21 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
David N. Welton said on Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 03:22:00PM +0200,: Zveno makes this software available free of charge for any purpose. Copies may be made of this software but all of this notice must be included on any copy. The software was developed for research purposes only and Zveno

Re: license check for tqsllib

2003-10-21 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Hamish Moffatt wrote: Good news: I emailed the upstream authors today and heard back within hours that they've agreed to remove the advertising clause for this software. Excellent. Thanks for following up on that with upstream. Don Armstrong -- Never underestimate the

Re: license check for tqsllib

2003-10-21 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 10:16:09AM -0600, Joel Baker wrote: I don't *like* it (to the point that I'm willing to spend a large number of my own hours, working to convince people to switch for a 3-clause variety), but there is enough software in the world that falls under it, and enough room to

Re: tcldom_2.6-1_powerpc.changes REJECTED

2003-10-21 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 03:22:00PM +0200, David N. Welton wrote: James Troup, one of the 'gatekeepers', so to speak, has the following to say about the license for tcldom. As a consequence, I'm writing you to suggest that clarifying it (i.e. add something about modification as per a standard

Re: the presence of GNU FDL-licensed works in sarge

2003-10-21 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 12:32:11AM +1000, Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader wrote: I think that since the time when you've made your original posting there has been tremendous progress in the discussions about changing the GFDL. A committee has been created to foster a solid discussion