Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-13 Thread Arthur de Jong
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Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-10 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
* Matt Kraai [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-05-04 07:53]: On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 01:09:21AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:17:29AM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: I would say, we definitely need to relicense our website[1], then I agree. Given that we haven't asked

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-06 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Jakob Bohm wrote: Another common cause of non-distributable software happen when a single program combines parts under different free licenses** that conflict with each other in some way that makes the combination null and void. s/null and void/undistributable/ Or, some way which means that

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-06 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:44:46 +0200 Andreas Barth wrote: I'm just preparing a summary of the three example licenses GPL, BSD and artistic, so that we can add these also on this page. Also, Frank is about to summarize older discussions. Good job! I think that having clear statements even on

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-06 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 2 May 2004 02:38:13 +0200 Frank Lichtenheld wrote: Further license summaries will be included soon, Great! Your job is really appreciated! We Debian enthusiasts have our own list of licenses, at last! :-) -- | GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 | You're compiling a program

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-05 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 01:00:50PM -0600, doug jensen wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 03:49:34AM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: Please take a look and comment. The pages are currently not linked nor mentioned on the rest of the website. I will add this after giving you some time for

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-04 Thread Branden Robinson
[I am not subscribed to -www.] On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:17:29AM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: * Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-04-30 03:49]: I just completed the first version of these pages (loosly based on the pages of the security team), put them online and added a first

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-04 Thread Matt Kraai
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 01:09:21AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:17:29AM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: * Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-04-30 03:49]: I just completed the first version of these pages (loosly based on the pages of the security team),

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-03 Thread doug jensen
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 03:49:34AM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: Please take a look and comment. The pages are currently not linked nor mentioned on the rest of the website. I will add this after giving you some time for feedback and improval suggestions. The following is presented only as

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-01 Thread Jakob Bohm
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 03:49:34AM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: Hi. http://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/ (and every other mirror of course). Please take a look and comment. The pages are currently not linked nor mentioned on the rest of the website. I will add this after giving you

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-01 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 10:29:13PM -0400, Jeremy Hankins wrote: Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just completed the first version of these pages (loosly based on the pages of the security team), put them online and added a first license, OPL, based on the summary on

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-01 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 06:47:31AM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: * Andreas Barth [EMAIL PROTECTED] [040430 01:47]: * Mahesh T. Pai ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040430 10:40]: 1. where should somebody go to if (s)he wants to check if the FOO license is DFSG compliant? Obviously, licenses which

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-01 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:17:29AM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: * Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-04-30 03:49]: I just completed the first version of these pages (loosly based on the pages of the security team), put them online and added a first license, OPL, based on the summary

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-01 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 04:12:28AM +0100, Lewis Jardine wrote: Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just completed the first version of these pages (loosly based on the pages of the security team), put them online and added a first license, OPL, based on the summary on

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-05-01 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 03:35:04AM +0200, Jakob Bohm wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 03:49:34AM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: http://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/ (and every other mirror of course). Please take a look and comment. The pages are currently not linked nor mentioned on

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-04-30 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
(-www should please cc me in reply - MFT is set.) Frank Lichtenheld said on Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 03:49:34AM +0200,: As some of you might have known/noticed, Andreas Barth and I worked on a way to present the findings of debian-legal on the Debian website. snip You can find these

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-04-30 Thread Andreas Barth
* Mahesh T. Pai ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040430 10:40]: 1. where should somebody go to if (s)he wants to check if the FOO license is DFSG compliant? Obviously, licenses which were in Debian for ever (like the GNU GPL) will not be mentioned in these pages. I'm just preparing a summary of

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-04-30 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
* Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-04-30 03:49]: I just completed the first version of these pages (loosly based on the pages of the security team), put them online and added a first license, OPL, based on the summary on debian-legal by Jeremy Hankins. I would say, we definitely need

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-04-30 Thread Grant Bowman
* Andreas Barth [EMAIL PROTECTED] [040430 01:47]: * Mahesh T. Pai ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040430 10:40]: 1. where should somebody go to if (s)he wants to check if the FOO license is DFSG compliant? Obviously, licenses which were in Debian for ever (like the GNU GPL) will not be

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-04-30 Thread Jakob Bohm
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 04:12:28AM +0100, Lewis Jardine wrote: Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just completed the first version of these pages (loosly based on the pages of the security team), put them online and added a first license, OPL, based on the summary on

RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-04-29 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
Hi. As some of you might have known/noticed, Andreas Barth and I worked on a way to present the findings of debian-legal on the Debian website. I just completed the first version of these pages (loosly based on the pages of the security team), put them online and added a first license, OPL,

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-04-29 Thread Jeremy Hankins
Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just completed the first version of these pages (loosly based on the pages of the security team), put them online and added a first license, OPL, based on the summary on debian-legal by Jeremy Hankins. You can find these pages on

Re: RFC: Debian License Information on www.debian.org

2004-04-29 Thread Lewis Jardine
Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just completed the first version of these pages (loosly based on the pages of the security team), put them online and added a first license, OPL, based on the summary on debian-legal by Jeremy Hankins. You can find these pages on