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

2010-01-05 Thread MJ Ray
Marco d'Itri m...@linux.it 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

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

2010-01-05 Thread MJ Ray
Nicolas Alvarez nicolas.alva...@gmail.com 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

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 able to detect

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 will use it, and

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 to