Re: dvbackup package

2016-07-05 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Herbert Fortes (2016-07-05): > I am doing a QA for dvbackup[0]. It is an old package, > but does not has a repository, so I will copy/paste. > > [0] - https://packages.qa.debian.org/d/dvbackup.html > > Files: logo.xcf >    minilogo.ppm >    minilogo.c > Copyright: Larry Ewing > License:

Re: PHP licence SFLC questions draft v4

2014-08-21 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Ian Jackson (2014-08-21): > Draft question for SFLC: > (there are no changes since v3 apart from fixes to the numbering of > some section cross-references) > > > Some members of the Debian project have some concerns about the PHP > licence. These worries are dismissed by other members and by re

Re: Ask about dmaths/openoffice.org-dmaths package license.

2011-01-09 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Paul Wise (10/01/2011): > The Google translation indicates "Excerpts from the international > standard ISO 31-11: 1992" > > I doubt either of these are distributable. Apparently, usual rules apply: http://www.iso.org/iso/support/copyright.htm KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signatu

Re: Joke non-free clauses?

2010-02-24 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Francesco Poli (24/02/2010): > Or maybe they are jokes that look like non-free clauses, I am not > sure which one makes more sense or better describes the situation... Looks like upstream clarified the “joke status”? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=18;bug=533555 Mraw, KiBi.

Re: Bug#565884: Please include CeCILL* licenses in common-licenses

2010-01-20 Thread Cyril Brulebois
MJ Ray (20/01/2010): > Roughly how many packages/files are under the licence? I reached a massive count of 42 binary packages this way: | k...@bellini:/org/lintian.debian.org/laboratory/binary | $ grep -l -i cecill */copyright | wc -l (I know about ../source, but not all packages have debfiles/c

Re: License requiring to reproduce copyrights in binary distributions.

2009-07-02 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Charles Plessy (02/07/2009): > […] may I suggest the BOLA license, that is a politically correct > version of the WTFPL? > > http://blitiri.com.ar/p/bola/ Quoting it: | The BOLA text | Here's the text. I usually place it in a file named LICENSE in the top directory of the project. | It's compos

Re: xf86-video-glamo license check

2009-05-15 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Francesco Poli (15/05/2009): > > Please cc:me, I am not subscribed to d-legal, TIA. > Done. Ditto. > > From src/glamo-driver.c: > > > > > > Authors: Alan Hourihane, > > Michel Dänzer, > > > > No license > I think this file should be investigate

Re: Public Domain for Germans

2008-11-05 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (05/11/2008): > You can't make something PD in Germany, that just doesn't work with > our laws. > > You should also NOT create new licenses / new words for things, that > makes it just unneccessarily complex, for example if people want to > bundle stuff together. E

Re: Misuse of Debian logo for City Tourism

2008-07-25 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Tim Heckman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (25/07/2008): > I've been a long time user of Debian GNU/Linux, and I can recognize > that logo anywhere. Well, I was watching a local news station, and > noticed this commerical using the Debian GNU/Linux logo. > http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.ind

Copy vs. (re)distribute

2008-05-13 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi, since I've got upstreams (having copied some code from others, that's why they aren't spelling it out directly) that aren't convinced that having the rights to copy, use, modify is insufficient to meet the DFSG. From what I recall having read during NM, I've never seen any discussion comparing

Re: Desert island test

2008-02-28 Thread Cyril Brulebois
anager follows to the letter the proposed templates. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois pgp6X6ACY0Ftb.pgp Description: PGP signature

How to dual-license? (Was: Review of CeCILL-C?)

2008-02-05 Thread Cyril Brulebois
On 22/01/2008, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Many thanks for your review, it confirms my initial doubts. It's > been forwarded upstream and dual-licensing is underway. Some background: upstream A uses upstream B's code. B accepted the idea of dual-licensing, but nothing happened yet

Re: Review of CeCILL-C? (This is not “plain” CeCILL.)

2008-01-22 Thread Cyril Brulebois
n 13 may be a freeness issue. > The license does not seem to be GPL compatible, although it is very > clear that the GPL v2 was studied in the preperation of this licence. Many thanks for your review, it confirms my initial doubts. It's been forwarded upstream and dual-licens

Review of CeCILL-C? (This is not “plain” CeCILL.)

2008-01-19 Thread Cyril Brulebois
sions (s/html/txt/ in URL). 1. http://cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL-B_V1-en.html 2. http://cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL-C_V1-en.html 3. http://cecill.info/licences.fr.html I'd be glad if those licenses (in particular CeCILL-C) could be reviewed. Thanks in advance. Cheers,