Re: DFSG as Licence?

2006-08-12 Thread Weakish Jiang
Michelle Konzack wrote: I was thinking to use the term: Licence: This software is under any Licence which complay with the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG). I am thinking, that this makes my standpoint more clear as telling users: This software is under GPL vXX. I fully

Re: DFSG as Licence?

2006-08-12 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:36:40 +0200 Michelle Konzack wrote: [...] I was thinking to use the term: Licence: This software is under any Licence which complay with the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG). [...] What do you think about it? There are some major problems with such a

Re: DFSG as Licence?

2006-08-11 Thread Michelle Konzack
as licence? The DFSG doesn't specify license terms. It's a set of guidelines for judging the freedoms granted to recipients of a work. This judgement concerns not just the license from copyright, or patent, or trademark, or any other particular monopolies. Rather, it addresses the combined

GNU GPL future (was: Re: DFSG as Licence?)

2006-06-12 Thread Ben Finney
Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I do not fully agree with the FSF and the GPL. v2.0 maybe ok, but I have complains against the new one. The GPL v3 is not yet released; the FSF are asking for anyone who has concerns to make them known now. The draft you've read is *not* what the

Re: DFSG as Licence?

2006-06-12 Thread Ben Finney
(with the exception of libdvdcss2) since more then 7 years now I want to say, that my Software any Licence which comply with the DFSG. That's great, it makes the free software community stronger and makes your work useful to more people. Is there allready a licence which use the term DFSG as licence

Re: GNU GPL future (was: Re: DFSG as Licence?)

2006-06-12 Thread MJ Ray
Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] The GPL v3 is not yet released; the FSF are asking for anyone who has concerns to make them known now. [...] Unfortunately, to make them known, you have to jump through hoops of being able to use their anybrowser-busting web system, persuade their reject-all email

Re: GNU GPL future (was: Re: DFSG as Licence?)

2006-06-12 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, MJ Ray wrote: Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] The GPL v3 is not yet released; the FSF are asking for anyone who has concerns to make them known now. [...] Unfortunately, to make them known, you have to jump through hoops of being able to use their anybrowser-busting web

Re: DFSG as Licence?

2006-06-12 Thread George Danchev
On Sunday 11 June 2006 20:31, Måns Rullgård wrote: --cut-- What I'm talking about is different, each on their own free, licenses being deemed incompatible with each other. Examples are the GPL, the OpenSSL license, and the Open Software License. I find it hard to believe that most authors

Re: GNU GPL future (was: Re: DFSG as Licence?)

2006-06-12 Thread MJ Ray
Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] You've mentioned this on multiple occasions; my offer to populate the comment system with any comments that you are unable to make via it still stands. Thank you. I don't recall that. I had hoped FSF would actually fix their bad processes to give equal

DFSG as Licence?

2006-06-11 Thread Michelle Konzack
which use the term DFSG as licence? I do not fully agree with the FSF and the GPL. v2.0 maybe ok, but I have complains against the new one. Thanks and Nice Weekend Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138

Re: DFSG as Licence?

2006-06-11 Thread Måns Rullgård
with the DFSG. Question: Is there allready a licence which use the term DFSG as licence? I do not fully agree with the FSF and the GPL. v2.0 maybe ok, but I have complains against the new one. If you do not like gpl3, use gpl2 without the or later option, if that does what you want. The FSF won't

Re: DFSG as Licence?

2006-06-11 Thread George Danchev
to say, that my Software any Licence which comply with the DFSG. Question: Is there allready a licence which use the term DFSG as licence? I do not fully agree with the FSF and the GPL. v2.0 maybe ok, but I have complains against the new one. If you do not like gpl3, use gpl2

Re: DFSG as Licence?

2006-06-11 Thread Måns Rullgård
of libdvdcss2) since more then 7 years now I want to say, that my Software any Licence which comply with the DFSG. Question: Is there allready a licence which use the term DFSG as licence? I do not fully agree with the FSF and the GPL. v2.0 maybe ok, but I have complains against the new one