Re: infos about alien licenses

2006-04-13 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 07:45:46AM +0200, Wolfgang Lonien wrote: I don't think that the clause is necessarily a problem, though -- it reads to me more like a slightly more emphatic no-warranty clause, rather than a prohibition against use in any particular field. So what should I do in

Re: infos about alien licenses

2006-04-13 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Matthew Palmer said: On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 02:35:28PM +0200, Wolfgang Lonien wrote: THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT FAULT TOLERANT AND SHOULD NOT BE USED IN ANY SITUATION ENDANGERING HUMAN LIFE OR PROPERTY. This is possibly problematic, depending on how you define

Re: infos about alien licenses

2006-04-13 Thread Wolfgang Lonien
Stephen Gran wrote: This one time, at band camp, Matthew Palmer said: On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 02:35:28PM +0200, Wolfgang Lonien wrote: THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT FAULT TOLERANT AND SHOULD NOT BE USED IN ANY SITUATION ENDANGERING HUMAN LIFE OR PROPERTY. This is possibly problematic, depending on how

Re: infos about alien licenses

2006-04-13 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Matthew Palmer said: On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 11:25:54AM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: This one time, at band camp, Matthew Palmer said: On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 02:35:28PM +0200, Wolfgang Lonien wrote: THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT FAULT TOLERANT AND SHOULD NOT BE

infos about alien licenses

2006-04-12 Thread Wolfgang Lonien
Hi, I want to package a certain software for Debian and need help. The software itself is under the GPL (v2), but it brings several external programs and libraries, some of which don't have a license info or one I'm not sure about. The list of these externallibs is: |-- externallibs

Re: infos about alien licenses

2006-04-12 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 02:35:28PM +0200, Wolfgang Lonien wrote: | |-- DCOracle2-cvs.tar.gz- +(ask) | |-- TwistedSNMP-0.3.13.tar.gz - +(ask) | `-- sybase-0.36.tar.gz - +(ask) The

Re: infos about alien licenses

2006-04-12 Thread Wolfgang Lonien
Hi Matt ( list), Matthew Palmer wrote: On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 02:35:28PM +0200, Wolfgang Lonien wrote: | |-- DCOracle2-cvs.tar.gz- +(ask) | |-- TwistedSNMP-0.3.13.tar.gz - +(ask) | `-- sybase-0.36.tar.gz

Re: infos about alien licenses

2006-04-12 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Wolfgang Lonien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please CC me when answering; I'm not subscribed to Debian-legal. What was your question? The three licenses you quote are all ordinary 3-clause BSD licenses, which are nice and free. -- Henning Makholm The man who catches a

Re: infos about alien licenses

2006-04-12 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 06:12:59AM +0200, Wolfgang Lonien wrote: The TwistedSNMP-0.3.13/license.txt reads: THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT FAULT TOLERANT AND SHOULD NOT BE USED IN ANY SITUATION ENDANGERING HUMAN LIFE OR PROPERTY. This is possibly problematic, depending on how you define should. I'd

Re: infos about alien licenses

2006-04-12 Thread Wolfgang Lonien
Hi Matt list, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 06:12:59AM +0200, Wolfgang Lonien wrote: The TwistedSNMP-0.3.13/license.txt reads: THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT FAULT TOLERANT AND SHOULD NOT BE USED IN ANY SITUATION ENDANGERING HUMAN LIFE OR PROPERTY. This is possibly problematic,