Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-17 Thread Andreas Barth
that? Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: GPL violation in shadow? (was: Re: Bug#244297: Still in license violation. (was: Re: Bug#244297 acknowledged by developer (Bug#244297: fixed in shadow 1:4.0.3-29)))

2004-07-04 Thread Andreas Barth
and not the whole work. As 3-clause-BSD is GPL-compatible, you can redistribute the whole work under the conditions of the GPL. However, there are identifiable sections that can distributed under an even more permissive license. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5

Re: Adding back compressed GIF code to cernlib after July 7 -- any objections?

2004-07-07 Thread Andreas Barth
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remove this package from another developer (was: Bug#251983: Please remove libcwd from main; it is licensed under the QPL, which is non-free.)

2004-07-10 Thread Andreas Barth
status, it's more difficult than before. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: RE-PROPOSED: The Dictator Test

2004-07-11 Thread Andreas Barth
paying nothing; it just makes it less likely that you would win if he sues you. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: RE-PROPOSED: The Dictator Test

2004-07-11 Thread Andreas Barth
* Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040711 14:40]: Andreas Barth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A typical warranty disclaimer doesn't prohibit you from suing the author; it just makes it less likely that you would win if you did. That's a bogus reason. A typical you must give the author 1000

Re: Choice of venue, was: GUADEC report

2004-07-12 Thread Andreas Barth
-free is no longer an helpful guide for our users and also not for ourself. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: Choice of venue, was: GUADEC report

2004-07-12 Thread Andreas Barth
that without a GR in a new thread on -project. Perhaps the documentation archive is just not considered to be part of Debian (the Distribution). Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: Suggestions of David Nusinow, was: RPSL and DFSG-compliance - choice of venue

2004-08-06 Thread Andreas Barth
, they already browse debian-legal. Some people who care have just given up to discuss here. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: Choice-of-Venue is OK with the DFSG.

2004-08-17 Thread Andreas Barth
to respect choice of venue clauses in copyright-based licenses? What do you mean by personal jurisdiction? E.g. for a lawsuite in the USA it is sufficient if the person who claims to be damaged lives there. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C

Re: Bug#288429: asterisk: Hold music are not DFSG-free

2005-01-04 Thread Andreas Barth
team, and removing should also not be done without coordination (except that of course the maintainer can always declare any issues as release critical for his package, means: also remove the sarge-ignore tag). Thanks, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85

Re: generated source files, GPL and DFSG

2005-07-22 Thread Andreas Barth
* Florian Weimer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050722 23:47]: * Matthew Garrett: There's two main issues here. 1) Does everything in main have to include the preferred form of modification? I don't believe so, We had a GR that is usually interpreted in a manner which disagrees with you.

Re: generated source files, GPL and DFSG

2005-07-23 Thread Andreas Barth
* Florian Weimer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050722 23:56]: * Andreas Barth: Actually, the DFSG says: | 2. Source Code | | The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in | source code as well as compiled form. Obviously e.g. fonts are no programms, even

Re: generated source files, GPL and DFSG

2005-07-23 Thread Andreas Barth
* Glenn Maynard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050723 11:15]: (CC's trimmed.) On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 09:21:04AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: It's clear from the context (and previous discussion) that this has to be interpreted as software. I disagree with that. As there were editorial changes

Re: Does DFSG#2 apply to non-programs? [was: Re: generated source files, GPL and DFSG]

2005-07-28 Thread Andreas Barth
* Raul Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050727 18:45]: On 7/27/05, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uh, I don't? I said that the other guidelines are *applicable* to non-program works, and *should be applied* to non-program works -- not that, as presently written, we are obliged to apply

Re: generated source files, GPL and DFSG

2005-07-28 Thread Andreas Barth
* Florian Weimer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050728 16:19]: * Steve McIntyre: The interpretation I outlined is certainly not new. It reflects the current practice, and I think we're in a pretty good position as far as compliance is concerned. Even the notorious GNU FDL issue is not a real problem

Re: clarification of doc licensing for db3/db4.2

2006-05-04 Thread Andreas Barth
of such publications is for non-commercial use | only and no modifications of the publication is made. If not, we should consider how to get to the goal with minimum effort on all sides. Thanks for your support. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-05-24 Thread Andreas Barth
it be a good idea to make just sync the dev ref with what you consider as best practice? (And, BTW, I make much effort to only update the dev ref with correct information.) Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-05-25 Thread Andreas Barth
* Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060525 08:15]: On 24 May 2006, Andreas Barth stated: * Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060524 17:54]: So I guess you can still criticize folks for this if you want to, but I know that my own ongoing notion of best practices comes from stuff I

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-05-26 Thread Andreas Barth
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Re: Non-DD's in debian-legal

2006-06-06 Thread Andreas Barth
together official Debian statements. This is ok, and good, but of course, that's the exception and not the rule. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux Magazin Germany, affecting Debian's image?!

2006-07-16 Thread Andreas Barth
/lm_04_06_dvd.html I think the best way to handle this is if local DDs check the issue and speak with them - as I'm local, I'll put it on my todo-list. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: RE : Re: RE : Re: Linux Magazin Germany, affecting Debian's image?!

2006-07-17 Thread Andreas Barth
also say what worked well. The DVD worked well. Handing out DVDs to Debian also. The headline also. Just not the print on the DVDs itself, which was not meant bad and can be fixed in future. And now, please let's get back to work on etch. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth

Re: RE : Re: RE : Re: Linux Magazin Germany, affecting Debian's image?!

2006-07-17 Thread Andreas Barth
to me. Who are you, and how do you judge what is proper use of Debian's trademarks and what not? Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RE : Re: RE : Re: Linux Magazin Germany, affecting Debian's image?!

2006-07-18 Thread Andreas Barth
. Actually, I think you told us how you would deal with it, and your latest mails didn't had any further input, so I suggest that you leave it to us what we actually do. Repeating the same content over and over doesn't really help. Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: RE : Re: Linux Magazin Germany, affecting Debian's image?!

2006-07-18 Thread Andreas Barth
there is one thing I definitly don't want to see: That this magazine creates another DVD based on sarge for next year's CeBiT - independend of how they title the DVD. They should base it on etch. Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Hypocrisy of Debian (was: Sorry, no more RC bugs for non-free data in main ...)

2006-09-05 Thread Andreas Barth
* Markus Laire ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060830 15:01]: I have somewhat similar feelings after I found out that the cdrtools-package[1] included in Debian isn't DFSG-free, but is still included in main. (Even worse, its license might even be illegal because it's GPLv2 + incombatible

Re: Hypocrisy of Debian (was: Sorry, no more RC bugs for non-free data in main ...)

2006-09-09 Thread Andreas Barth
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Re: License of cdrkit - GPLv2 + additional restrictions

2006-09-14 Thread Andreas Barth
to me, and I currently don't see the issue with GPL there. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: firefox - iceweasel package is probably not legal

2006-12-06 Thread Andreas Barth
such hints for the firefox users, they should ask us (though that would make upgrades for our users more difficult). Otherwise, this discussion is just a waste of time. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: firefox - iceweasel package is probably not legal

2006-12-07 Thread Andreas Barth
* Sean Kellogg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061207 00:26]: Debian just doesn't want to be bothered with the hassel of having to build the brand of Iceweasel, so it appears to have decided to co-opt the Firefox name. That is a lie. Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Bug#431109: [PROPOSAL] Disambiguate of Section 12.5, Deprecate GPL/LGPL symlinks

2007-07-01 Thread Andreas Barth
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