Re: Does the ISC license require to reproduce copyrights in debian/copyright ?

2009-07-03 Thread Ben Finney
Francesco Poli writes: > On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:19:29 +0900 Charles Plessy wrote: > > [...] > > Does this concern binary distribution: is a compiled version a > > “copy”? > > Why not? I personally think that a compiled copy of the software is > indeed a "copy". There's little to connect the two

Re: Does the ISC license require to reproduce copyrights in debian/copyright ?

2009-07-03 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:19:29 +0900 Charles Plessy wrote: [...] > Does this concern binary distribution: is a compiled version a “copy”? Why not? I personally think that a compiled copy of the software is indeed a "copy". What other term would you use to describe the compiled thing? It is my under

Re: License requiring to reproduce copyrights in binary distributions.

2009-07-03 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:39:26 +0900 Charles Plessy wrote: [...] > I can re-release under the BOLA license with a WTFPL exemption: > > ‘To all effects and purposes, this work is to be considered Public Domain, but > if you do not agree this is possible, then just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.’ I've

Re: License requiring to reproduce copyrights in binary distributions.

2009-07-03 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 09:10:10AM +0100, MJ Ray a écrit : > Charles Plessy wrote: > > It appeared in various discussions about either DEP5 or the NEW queue that > > licenses vary in their requirement for reproducing the authors copyrights in > > binary distributions. [...] > > I wonder if the li

Re: License requiring to reproduce copyrights in binary distributions.

2009-07-03 Thread MJ Ray
Charles Plessy wrote: > It appeared in various discussions about either DEP5 or the NEW queue that > licenses vary in their requirement for reproducing the authors copyrights in > binary distributions. [...] I wonder if the licence requirements are the deciding factor. With the increasing crimin