Re: GPL and command-line libraries

2004-12-07 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: But in the case of the DFSG and the GPL it does. Saying You may not distribute this work along with a frame designed to hold it violates DFSG 1. But saying You may only distribute this work with a frame designed to hold it if that frame is freely distributed is

Re: GPL and command-line libraries

2004-12-07 Thread Brian Thomas Sniffen
Anthony DeRobertis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: But in the case of the DFSG and the GPL it does. Saying You may not distribute this work along with a frame designed to hold it violates DFSG 1. But saying You may only distribute this work with a frame designed to hold

GPL License question

2004-12-07 Thread Tom deL
Hello all, A product has piqued my interest and claims to be GPL but the disclaimers and general tone of their license explanation gives me pause. Any opinions of how truly open source this project is would be greatly appreciated: http://easyco.com/initiative/openqm/opensource/faq.htm In

Re: Copyright Question

2004-12-07 Thread Josh Triplett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a copyright question for you. To the extent my company wants to use the Debian Linux O/S as an embedded O/S in a device, can you please advise what copyright notice I should cite to? I understand I must include the GPL language but after reading your policy

Re: GPL License question

2004-12-07 Thread Josh Triplett
Tom deL wrote: A product has piqued my interest and claims to be GPL but the disclaimers and general tone of their license explanation gives me pause. Any opinions of how truly open source this project is would be greatly appreciated: http://easyco.com/initiative/openqm/opensource/faq.htm

Re: Copyright Question

2004-12-07 Thread Christopher Priest
Wouldn't a typical install of Debian also properly install all the licenses required? Do the Debian install scripts break the licenses of the component software? Disk space is so cheap I can't see any developer spending time to remove anything put in by an install. Why would he have to do more

RE: Copyright Question

2004-12-07 Thread mike_skaggs
Hi Chris Very pragmatic reasoning. I wondered the same thing. From a practical standpoint, why would someone ask us for source code (ie, order it, pay for replication costs, then wait for it to be shipped) when you could download immediately for free. In any event we want to error on the

Re: GPL and command-line libraries

2004-12-07 Thread David Schmitt
On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 12:51:34AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: A compiler can only perform a transformation from source to object form programmed into it by its creators; it is neither an author nor capable of creativity; it can this not produce an original work of authorship or thus a

Re: Copyright Question

2004-12-07 Thread David Schmitt
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 11:47:34AM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: (Please note that I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. The authoritative source for this information would be the actual licenses for the packages you include.) [snip] Excellent text. Could someone put this on www.d.o

Re: GPL License question

2004-12-07 Thread Tom deL
Josh, thank you for taking the time to point me to some great reading! -Tom Josh Triplett wrote: Tom deL wrote: A product has piqued my interest and claims to be GPL but the disclaimers and general tone of their license explanation gives me pause. Any opinions of how truly open source

Re: Copyright Question

2004-12-07 Thread Brian Thomas Sniffen
Christopher Priest [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why should anyone but the source be required to keep or distribute source code when it is freely available from Debian. The web was not available when Debian may not be around forever. Many embedded devlopers don't publicize which distribution

Re: Copyright Question

2004-12-07 Thread Brian Thomas Sniffen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Chris Very pragmatic reasoning. I wondered the same thing. From a practical standpoint, why would someone ask us for source code (ie, order it, pay for replication costs, then wait for it to be shipped) Not everybody who will get ahold of your product has a