Re: BOINC: lib/cal.h license issue agree with the DFSG?

2010-01-05 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 05 Jan 2010, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 03:43:53PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > It seems like AMD should really be distributing these header files > > with a maximum permissive license like MIT/Expat or similar. > > Perhaps someone should contact them and try to get it

Re: BOINC: lib/cal.h license issue agree with the DFSG?

2010-01-05 Thread Michael Poole
Mike Hommey writes: > On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 03:43:53PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: >> On Sat, 02 Jan 2010, Nicolas Alvarez wrote: >> > Francesco Poli wrote: >> > > Where is this proprietary library distributed? >> > >> > In AMD website. >> > >> > If the user downloads it and installs it, BOINC

Re: BOINC: lib/cal.h license issue agree with the DFSG?

2010-01-05 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 03:43:53PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Sat, 02 Jan 2010, Nicolas Alvarez wrote: > > Francesco Poli wrote: > > > Where is this proprietary library distributed? > > > > In AMD website. > > > > If the user downloads it and installs it, BOINC will use it, and will be > >

Re: BOINC: lib/cal.h license issue agree with the DFSG?

2010-01-05 Thread MJ Ray
Nicolas Alvarez wrote: > MJ Ray wrote: > > I'm not convinced that there is consensus on choice-of-venue being > > acceptable. I suspect there's a mix of considering it acceptable, > > thinking we can fight it when needed and ignorance. > > This choice-of-venue discussion looks like it won't get

Re: BOINC: lib/cal.h license issue agree with the DFSG?

2010-01-05 Thread MJ Ray
Marco d'Itri wrote: > mdpo...@troilus.org wrote: > >The usual argument is that choice of venue violates DFSG #5 by > >discriminating against people who live outside the venue. Is there some I feel it's some combination of DFSG 5 (discriminating on location) and DFSG 1 (non-monetary cost of use),