Re: Joke non-free clauses?

2010-04-13 Thread Ben Davis
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:42:22 +0800 Shan-Bin Chen (DreamerC) dreamerwolf...@gmail.com wrote: They forked a new version from 0.9.2 , and the library in Debian is 0.9.3 . I think the problem that could be solved between versions. Because the authors in deadbeef want to release with GPL and LGPL

Re: Joke non-free clauses?

2010-04-13 Thread Paul Wise
Some points: Jokes are great, but licenses are not the place to make them. Come to DebConf and make them over conversation and $BEVERAGE instead. License proliferation is bad, license standardisation/consolidation is good! The DUMB license is extremely far from clear. License clarity is

Re: Joke non-free clauses?

2010-04-12 Thread Shan-Bin Chen (DreamerC)
Hi, 2010/4/9 Paul Wise p...@debian.org: libdumb is already in Debian: http://packages.debian.org/libdumb It woulud be nice if you could switch to a more standard license instead of inventing your own. I'd recommend one of BSD, ISC, MIT/Expat, LGPL, GPL.

Re: Joke non-free clauses?

2010-04-08 Thread Shan-Bin Chen (DreamerC)
Hi, recently I try to package deadbeef [1] into Debian and Ubuntu, but it includes the libdumb (0.9.2). It seems that the libdumb has a license issue which blocked the upload. We need to clear the license issue, and make sure that everyone agree. [1] http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/ an audio

Re: Joke non-free clauses?

2010-04-08 Thread Ben Davis
Hi, You mention DUMB v0.9.2, whereas the latest version is 0.9.3. Is this intentional on the part of the 'deadbeef' package? When DUMB v0.9.2 was the latest version and the problem was first brought to my attention, I put a notice on the website stating that Point 4 of the licence was

Joke non-free clauses?

2010-02-24 Thread Francesco Poli
Hi all, what do other debian-legal participants think about having non-free clauses that look like jokes in licenses? 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... Should this bug be reopened, in your

Re: Joke non-free clauses?

2010-02-24 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Francesco Poli f...@firenze.linux.it (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”?

Re: Joke non-free clauses?

2010-02-24 Thread Don Armstrong
reopen 533555 thanks On Wed, 24 Feb 2010, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Francesco Poli f...@firenze.linux.it (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

Re: Joke non-free clauses?

2010-02-24 Thread Don Armstrong
tag 533555 patch retitle 533555 Clauses 4-6 can be ignored by a new clause 8; clarify copyright file summary -1 533555 severity 533555 minor thanks On Wed, 24 Feb 2010, Don Armstrong wrote: If the real maintainers can actually be contacted by mail and get a binding response that clauses 4-6