Re: Creative Commons update and steps forward

2005-04-03 Thread Francesco Poli
ed. -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpIsXIM9Jgh4.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Creative Commons license summary (version 4)

2005-04-03 Thread Francesco Poli
ould say... -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpjIOxAuFeE5.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Creative Commons license summary (version 4)

2005-04-04 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 08:44:08 -0700 Josh Triplett wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > * "the acceptability of software and other content" > > > > Content? Which "other content" does Debian distribute besides > > software? If, by "software&qu

Re: Draft summary of Creative Commons 2.0 licenses (version 3)

2005-04-05 Thread Francesco Poli
rd-playing, we can still talk, despite differences in terminology. What's important is to keep in mind that we (Debian) think that the same freedoms are valuable for programs and non-programs. -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ..

Re: Creative Commons license summary (version 4)

2005-04-07 Thread Francesco Poli
publicly display, publicly perform or publicly digitally | perform the Work for the same recipient without those measures. > > Otherwise, I think we're doing well. Thanks to everyone who's > commented. You're welcome. :) -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where&#x

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-08 Thread Francesco Poli
Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpFI9MzWgODO.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-08 Thread Francesco Poli
ux kernel image through a mirror network or similar. Redistributing is very different from transferring a copy. You make copies while you redistribute. -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) .

Re: Concerns about works created by the US government

2005-04-08 Thread Francesco Poli
to reply, in most cases...).:-( So far, no luck. Does anyone know the answer? -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID =

Re: Creative Commons license summary (version 4)

2005-04-10 Thread Francesco Poli
. Is this right? Is my MUA misbehaving as it seems it builds threads without taking "Resent-Message-ID:" fields into account (i.e.: only looking at "Message-ID:" values)? -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-)

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-11 Thread Francesco Poli
w is full of... IANAL, anyway. -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) .. Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpBDHMporw6l.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: pre-ITP advice?

2005-04-12 Thread Francesco Poli
gy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) .. Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpG9c1uHEGtw.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:43:20 -0400 Raul Miller wrote: [...] > On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:21:40AM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > In Italian author's right law ("legge sul diritto d'autore"), there > > is no use of or definition for the term "de

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Francesco Poli
sed? -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpj9shROvd0r.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: (DRAFT) FAQ on documentation licensing

2005-04-13 Thread Francesco Poli
ll. -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) .. Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgp3CVxl318lI.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: (DRAFT) FAQ on documentation licensing

2005-04-13 Thread Francesco Poli
t; protecting the authors' own opinions. [Comment] Good example. My favorite one is the following: if the license of a MUA forbade to add HTML mail support (because the authors are philosophically against HTML mail), this license would be considered non-free, even when it would be protecting t

Re: (DRAFT) FAQ on documentation licensing

2005-04-14 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:15:25 +0200 Jacobo Tarrio wrote: > O Xoves, 14 de Abril de 2005 ás 01:22:56 +0200, Francesco Poli > escribía: > > > > A: The DFSG is a set of minimum criteria that are taken into > > > account when > > > deciding if a particular cop

Re: (DRAFT 2) FAQ on documentation licensing

2005-04-14 Thread Francesco Poli
eator's BTS? ;-) ...... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpVSaHo20DqG.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: On the debian-legal Summary of Creative Commons 2.0

2005-04-14 Thread Francesco Poli
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/info/BSD_2Clause.html 3-clause BSD license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/info/BSD_3Clause.html -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...... Francesco Poli

Re: (DRAFT 3) FAQ on documentation licensing

2005-04-16 Thread Francesco Poli
ibute the text of the GPL by itself. And that's guaranteed! ;-) -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) .. Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpfySJo8ej9a.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: On the debian-legal Summary of Creative Commons 2.0

2005-04-26 Thread Francesco Poli
t out, various free X11 implementations (XFree86 before version 4.3.99cannotremember, Xorg, ...) are under a mix of different (but similar) licenses, and not only under the "X11 license"... -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-)

Re: LGPL and GPL code together

2005-04-27 Thread Francesco Poli
;s interpretation can be trusted, but take into account that it has not yet been tested in court...) the library, as it is now, cannot be linked against GPL-incompatible works. -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) .

Re: Artistic2?

2005-05-09 Thread Francesco Poli
d thing is this insisting on "textual modification". What if I make a non-textual modification (let's say the Package includes an image)? -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...

Re: pine license

2005-05-11 Thread Francesco Poli
benefit of the doubt; they've lost that privilege. Agreed. -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprin

Re: License question about regexplorer

2005-05-22 Thread Francesco Poli
" to "OK"! That's quite a large improvement... ;-) -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 K

Re: License question about regexplorer

2005-05-26 Thread Francesco Poli
n disagreeing with that. In other words: well said. -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B

Re: License question about regexplorer

2005-05-26 Thread Francesco Poli
on't have the input of many developers. They may provide their input whenever they want to, but we cannot force them to do so. If they don't, maybe they do not care enough or they don't feel competent enough: so they delegate to debian-legal partecipants... What

Re: removing the debian-legal website stuff?

2005-05-26 Thread Francesco Poli
] I read it and it seems quite good. Well done! :) -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) .. Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgp7xbduk4n3R.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Revamping the debian-legal website (was Re: removing the debian-legal website stuff?

2005-05-26 Thread Francesco Poli
y else wants > to (or indeed to do it with someone else if they do want to). I'll > even put it on high priority; I think I could get quite a lot done > very quickly, since the information exists, but just has to be > integrated. Great! This is really appreciated, indeed. :-)

Re: Quagga / GPL discussion effectively over?

2005-05-26 Thread Francesco Poli
lost to me... :-( -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) .. Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF

Re: License question about regexplorer

2005-05-28 Thread Francesco Poli
/; they delegate the /advisory role/. -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) .. Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpsJNDqrWHD4.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Bug#310994: ITP: openttd -- open source clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe"

2005-05-28 Thread Francesco Poli
ttp://freedoom.sourceforge.net/), but (maybe) they are infringing on the original Doom game data copyright... :-/ -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) .. Francesco Poli GnuPG Key

Well-drafted anti-DRM clause [was: Re: GFDL redux, all over again, yet another time]

2005-06-07 Thread Francesco Poli
iverse is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) .. Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgp6gyqLRL6nH.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: New 'Public Domain' Licence

2005-06-08 Thread Francesco Poli
s the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpTKPW52nVr3.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Law projects in countries using/valorating Software Libre

2005-06-16 Thread Francesco Poli
bed. Done. I also Cc:ed Alessio Papini, so that you can contact him directly in private as soon as you like: he kindly accepted to talk with you and provide some information. HTH. Bye! :) -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...

Re: quake2 and german youth protection law

2005-06-18 Thread Francesco Poli
ib Packages 500 http://ftp.sk.debian.org sarge/contrib Packages -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) .. Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fi

Re: Is this license DFSG free?

2005-06-18 Thread Francesco Poli
> prohibit it. That's just my personal rationale, as a person not > expecting to be a political dissident or to become stuck on a desert > island.) I'm glad to hear this! I mainly agree with you. -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ..

Re: Bug#207932: Statement that all of Debian needs to be Free?

2005-06-19 Thread Francesco Poli
unmodifiable, because they are not programs!", just with a simple s/not programs/neither programs, nor documentation/ :-( This, as you Glenn correctly pointed out, has been discussed to death before the GR's. -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BT

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-07 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 11:36:18 + (GMT) MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1-review2 - 15 November 2006 > > [...] [...] > > > 3) No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved >

GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-08 Thread Francesco Poli
t keep being published by the FSF?!? The GPLv3draft1was followed by a reasonable consultation period, but then the GPLv3draft2, accompanied by the LGPLv3draft1, was shortly followed by GFDLv2draft1, and by GSFDLv1draft1; now this GNU Wiki License seems to be in preparation... This tsunami of new license

Take two: GSFDL v1 draft 1 analysis [long, again]

2006-12-08 Thread Francesco Poli
ombined documents, Style: documents? We were talking about works in general, not documents. I think that here the word "documents" is misleading. > taken together. [...] > 7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS > > A compilation of the Work or its derivatives with other separa

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-09 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 10:11:11 + (GMT) MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Is this kind of /cumulative/ name-change requirement allowed by > > DFSG#4? > > We need copyright permission for each contributing work, so I can't > s

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-09 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:02:55 +0800 Gervase Markham wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > Actually, DFSG#4 states, in part: > > > > | The license may require derived works to carry a different name or > > | version number from the original software. > > >

Re: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-09 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 22:47:32 + (GMT) MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What follows is my own analysis of the first draft of GNU FDL v2. > > I welcome any comments on my reasoning. > > As you might expect from > my summary http://m

Re: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-11 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:28:13 + (GMT) MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 22:47:32 + (GMT) MJ Ray wrote: > > > I don't think it matters. Pseudonymous publication seems > > > possible, but we m

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-11 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:21:19 + Gervase Markham wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: > > I probably missed where the license makes sure that Reserved Font > > Names can only become such by being names used in some ancestor > > version of the Font Software. > > > &g

Re: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-12 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:38:35 + (GMT) MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] [...] > > So, how come the LGPL is considered a copyleft license? > > Or even the GFDLv2draft1, for that matter: it includes one or > > two relicensing clause(s).

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-12 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:32:24 + (GMT) MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The clarification from MJ Ray regarding DFSG#4 made me think that > > each distinct copyright holder had a veto power on _one_ Font Name. > > At least I hoped it was

Re: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-13 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:22:22 + (GMT) MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Allows non-free derivs" ? > > That's probably accurate too, yes. OK, I'm going to use that tagline for my comments (as soon as I submit them to the

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-13 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:21:21 + (GMT) MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Forbidding reuse of a the name of the original software is OK, > > forbidding an arbitrary name is not. > > Don't you agree with me that this goes beyond

Re: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-15 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:18:35 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:22:22 + (GMT) MJ Ray wrote: > > > > > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "Allows non-free

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-15 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:38:07 + Gervase Markham wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: > > The clarification from MJ Ray regarding DFSG#4 made me think that > > each distinct copyright holder had a veto power on _one_ Font Name. > > At least I hoped it was so, since if each

Re: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-15 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:42:05 + (GMT) MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:22:22 + (GMT) MJ Ray wrote: > > > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "Allows non-free derivs" ? > > &

Re: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-16 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:33:53 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:18:35 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: > > > I recommend the more precise: > > >"Allows redistribution under non-free terms" &g

Re: JavaCC Licensing - now a pure BSD license.

2006-12-16 Thread Francesco Poli
and Kees Jan > Koster. Many thanks to the people who helped in getting this relicensing done! It's appreciated, indeed. -- But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ ..... Francesco P

Re: Geogratis licence review

2006-12-16 Thread Francesco Poli
this Agreement. 3. Dispute Resolution If a dispute arises concerning this Agreement, the parties shall attempt to resolve the matter by negotiation. -- Last updated: 2006-05-02 -- But it is also tradition t

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-21 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:43:57 -0500 Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Gervase Markham wrote: > > > Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > >> This means that forbidding derived works to carry the same name as > >> the original software is acceptable. > >> I believe that for

Re: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Francesco Poli
tion that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ ..... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgp7wd6gzK0CW.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?

2006-12-21 Thread Francesco Poli
dations can be found at the end of the GPLv2 text). -- But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ . Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpXoMWzc2jBm.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Fw: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Francesco Poli
thers agree, I think you should file a serious bug against the gnuplot package ASAP. -- But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ . Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgphxS3cM4qUO.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?

2006-12-22 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:41:27 -0800 Ben Pfaff wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:53:25 -0600 Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: > > > >> The readme.txt file states > >> > >> This program is released

Re: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-23 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:43:40 +0100 Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 05:36:05PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > Improvable: still suboptimal definition of "Transparent" copy > > > The definition of "Transparent" copy is impr

Re: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-29 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:06:04 +0100 Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 11:08:26PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > P.S.: Please do not reply to me and the list, as I didn't ask to be > > copied. > > Yeah, sorry about that; Don't worry. >

Re: [OT] Re: Please fix broken MUAs, was: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-30 Thread Francesco Poli
om _Coming to America_ ..... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpVAPXTBj7Yy.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: creative commons

2007-01-05 Thread Francesco Poli
er details. -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/releas-o-meter.html Try our amazing Releas-o-meter! . Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgphSyxbZ5BlT.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?

2007-01-06 Thread Francesco Poli
ds, in part: | If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you | may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation. -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/releas-o-meter.html Try our amazing Releas-o-meter! .

Re: creative commons

2007-01-09 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:02:02 -0800 Jeff Carr wrote: > On 01/05/07 16:43, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > Mmmmh, I'm not convinced about the DFSG-freeness of > > CC-by-sa-2.5/scotland either... > > That's good, I'm not convinced that CC in any form isn&#

Re: creative commons

2007-01-09 Thread Francesco Poli
;t yet received it back and the archives don't show it yet). -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/releas-o-meter.html Try our amazing Releas-o-meter! . Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpzkopAmx2iC.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: creative commons

2007-01-10 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 20:14:05 -0500 Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 01:34:53AM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > > Hence, I don't know what the lawyers are looking for, but a license > > that grants too few permissions is not OK to me, even if i

Re: creative commons

2007-01-10 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:08:48 -0600 Terry Hancock wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: > >>The CC lawyers are trying to draft a generic, useful and good > >license. > > > > Useful to *whom*? > > Useful to end users and to the community (and hence to the society)?

Re: creative commons

2007-01-11 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:44:50 -0800 Jeff Carr wrote: > On 01/09/07 16:34, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > Drafting and actively promoting licenses that forbid commercial use > > and/or modifications harms the free software movement, rather than > > helping it. > > That

Re: creative commons

2007-01-12 Thread Francesco Poli
so. And CC is doing nothing to discourage this, AFAIK. [...] > I hope the above is a bit clearer? Only a bit, not much, unfortunately... :( -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/releas-o-meter.html Try our amazing Releas-o-meter! ..... Fr

Re: creative commons

2007-01-12 Thread Francesco Poli
ter.html Try our amazing Releas-o-meter! ..... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgp66l43yNH2O.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: creative commons

2007-01-13 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:07:30 -0800 Jeff Carr wrote: > On 01/12/07 09:27, Francesco Poli wrote: > > >> Even though the existence of an optional clause (like NC) appears > >> to contradict the DFSG in situations we can imagine, that does not > >> rule out it'

Re: creative commons

2007-01-13 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:53:50 -0800 Jeff Carr wrote: > On 01/11/07 12:27, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > You seem to be happy with free programs whose documentation is > > non-free. > > Well now, I'm not like that. It's not up to me if the authors choose a >

Re: creative commons

2007-01-13 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:42:49 -0800 Jeff Carr wrote: > On 01/09/07 09:16, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > Please do _not_ reply to my personal e-mail address, while Cc:ing > > the list address, as I didn't ask you to do so. > > Please follow the code of cond

Re: creative commons

2007-01-14 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:42:22 -0600 Terry Hancock wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:08:48 -0600 Terry Hancock wrote: > > > > Is this a good reason to avoid promoting such freedoms among > > creators? > > That's a "strawman argume

Re: GPLed software with no true source.

2007-01-31 Thread Francesco Poli
ot seen the code under discussion. -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/releas-o-meter.html Try our amazing Releas-o-meter! . Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpwpdBo0iIXn.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Preferred licences for audio data

2007-02-04 Thread Francesco Poli
/progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html Need to refresh your keyring in a piecewise fashion? . Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpfQjfLITK6x.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian logos and trademarks

2007-02-08 Thread Francesco Poli
ons): I don't know whether the Debian Project can actually do better than this and *still* retain some sort of official logo... BTW, what happened to the non-free font concerns that were expressed by Branden Robinson in the above-mentioned wiki page? -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scr

Re: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5

2007-02-08 Thread Francesco Poli
se instead. On the other hand, if upstream really meant to license under CC-by-2.5, then the work is non-free and the work cannot enter Debian, unless relicensed in a DFSG-free manner. -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html Need to refresh your keyring in a piecewise fash

Re: What does "most recent GPL" mean?

2007-02-14 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 00:43:16 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > this thread started with a clarification request to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, where I Cc:ed debian-legal, just to notify that > the question has been asked to the FSF and that a public response from > them was desired.

Re: What does "most recent GPL" mean?

2007-02-15 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:25:49 -0800 Jeff Carr wrote: > On 02/14/07 13:07, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > I'm going to file a (normal severity) bug against the bootcd package > > to request that the license statement is clarified. > > It would be a good idea to put tog

Re: What does "most recent GPL" mean?

2007-02-15 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:16:48 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: > The point is: which version(s) of the GNU GPL? > This is not clear at all, IMO. And I had confirmation from the FSF > that the license statement is confusing... BTW, what follows is the full quotation of the response I had fro

Re: What does "most recent GPL" mean?

2007-02-16 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:07:07 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: > > I'm going to file a (normal severity) bug against the bootcd package > to request that the license statement is clarified. Bug filed: it's #411193, for the record. See http://bugs.debian.org/411193 for

Re: Information about copyright

2007-02-20 Thread Francesco Poli
http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html Need to refresh your keyring in a piecewise fashion? ..... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpVGkWD47fxH.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian logos and trademarks

2007-02-20 Thread Francesco Poli
wise fashion? ..... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpiYpAbnVtd8.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: ITP: rott -- Rise of the Triad: The HUNT begins

2007-02-23 Thread Francesco Poli
FSG-free game data is found and packaged for main. -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html Need to refresh your keyring in a piecewise fashion? ..... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC1

Comments on the latest public CC draft

2007-02-25 Thread Francesco Poli
uot; that should not be there, since this is the CC-by-sa license: | (g) "License Elements" means the following high-level license | attributes as selected by Licensor and indicated in the title | of this License: Attribution, Noncommercial, ShareAlike.

Re: Comments on the latest public CC draft

2007-02-25 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:05:22 +1100 Andrew Donnellan wrote: > On 2/26/07, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > In a recent message[1] to the cc-licenses list, a new draft of > > CC-v3.0 licenses was announced. The message included one docu

Re: What should be in debian/copyright when a gpl source now depends on openssl?

2007-02-26 Thread Francesco Poli
ttp://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html Need to refresh your keyring in a piecewise fashion? ..... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpHxoPF6YEV7.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Comments on the latest public CC draft

2007-02-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:51:32 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > I still have to read the final text (I am not so fast!): hence I don't > know whether there are differences with respect to the draft I > analyzed (but I've been told that there are). OK, I dumped the final text

Re: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Open Font License 1.1 Released

2007-02-28 Thread Francesco Poli
dopt > OFL or not. I see that the full license text has been posted to debian-legal for review. I'll try to find the time to analyze it soon... -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html Need to refresh your keyring in a piecewise fashion? ...

Re: [Fwd: Re: [cc-licenses] Comments on the latest public CC draft]

2007-02-28 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:13:52 -0500 Evan Prodromou wrote: > On Sun, 2007-25-02 at 19:16 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > This is unchanged with respect to the previous drafts: I'm not yet > > convinced that this clause meets the DFSG. > > I disagree, and I think

Re: Comments on the latest public CC draft

2007-02-28 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:49:43 +0100 Florian Weimer wrote: > * Francesco Poli: > > > Clause 4(a) states, in part: > > > > | If You create a Collective Work, upon notice from any > > | Licensor You must, to the extent practicable, remove from > > |

Re: [Fwd: Re: [cc-licenses] Comments on the latest public CC draft]

2007-03-01 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:55:07 + Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Francesco > Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >I think that requiring a credit "at least as prominent as the credits > >for the other contributing authors"

Re: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Open Font License 1.1 Released

2007-03-01 Thread Francesco Poli
oth licenses, while distributing the dual-licensed work? [...] -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html Need to refresh your keyring in a piecewise fashion? . Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgp7FEDE9XJMJ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Open Font License 1.1 Released

2007-03-04 Thread Francesco Poli
want to reach, or otherwise the Free Software pool would get more and more balkanized... -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html Need to refresh your keyring in a piecewise fashion? ..... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B

Re: Free art license, CC and DFSG

2007-03-05 Thread Francesco Poli
-legal/2006/04/msg00257.html [6] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/05/msg3.html HTH. -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html Need to refresh your keyring in a piecewise fashion? . Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr

Re: CC 3.0-SA unported

2007-03-05 Thread Francesco Poli
ted use will be in compliance with Creative Commons' then-current trademark usage guidelines, as may be published on its website or otherwise made available upon request from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, this trademark restriction does not form part of the License.

Re: Free art license, CC and DFSG

2007-03-06 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 00:32:44 + Andrew Saunders wrote: > On 3/5/07, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As far as CC-v3.0 are concerned, my personal opinion should be clear > > from the message[2] that you yourself cite: I don't think that any >

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