mined copyright with no copyright

2008-03-24 Thread Mauro Lizaur
Hi all, I intended to do a qa upload to fix some bugs on the package mined [0] which is orphaned[1], and i got a lintian warning about the file debian/copyright where it has no copyright holder, when i asked to the upstream maintainer of this issue he answered me this [2] also i asked in comp.os.mi

Re: Can a CC-SA 2.5 work be relicensed under CC-SA 3.0?

2008-03-24 Thread John Halton
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 02:03:57PM -0600, Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz wrote: > However, the author of the icons has indicated he'd be willing to > relicense them, within the constraints of the original work, of > course. Now, CC-SA 2.5 section 4.b says > > You may distribute, publicly display, pu

Re: Gibson's possible patent on Guitar Hero idea

2008-03-24 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Mon Mar 24 17:03, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > Gibson's system is designed to be used with a "musical instrument" -- > and no matter what the Guitar Zeros have to say, it seems unlikey that > Guitar Hero controllers, or a computer keyboard, really qualifies. I agree, also: > A musician can simulate p

Gibson's possible patent on Guitar Hero idea

2008-03-24 Thread Miriam Ruiz
It seems that Gibson might be trying to stop Guitar Hero like games. Activision filed a lawsuit asking the US District Court for Central California to invalidate a 1999 Gibson patent on "simulating a musical performance". I don't think this applies to Frets on Fire, but just in case, does anyone th