Re: Bacula and OpenSSL

2007-09-26 Thread MJ Ray
Shane Martin Coughlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: Exception to the GPL: Linking: Bacula may be linked and distributed with any libraries permitted=20 under the GPL, or with any non-GPLed libraries, including OpenSSL, that= are required for its proper functioning,

Re: package astrolog

2007-09-26 Thread Thanasis Kinias
scripsit Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanasis Kinias [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been in communication with upstream, and he says that the only thing he intends to prohibit is someone charging money for his free program Like, say, putting the program on a storage medium and

Re: Advise about missing copyright info

2007-09-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:57:34 +1000 Ben Finney wrote: Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Wait, are you saying that you consider DFSG-free to require transfer of copyright to the original author(s) in order to redistribute modified versions of a work? No. That's only necessary

Re: package astrolog

2007-09-26 Thread Ben Finney
Thanasis Kinias [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: scripsit Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Like, say, putting the program on a storage medium and charging people for it? Or charging money to install the program? Or charging money to include it as part of a service? (1) I believe all these are

Re: Advise about missing copyright info

2007-09-26 Thread Ben Finney
Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: IMO, free software cannot force people to do the first item (maintain a clear copyright ownership path). Agreed. I'm talking about what should be accepted in packages distributed by Debian, not about forcing anyone to do anything. It's of course

Which GPL for Ogg Frog?

2007-09-26 Thread Rippit the Ogg Frog
I am working on an audio application called Ogg Frog (http://www.oggfrog.com/). It is not released yet, but I hope to release the first version later this fall. I am having trouble deciding which version of the GPL I will release it under. It has two GPL dependencies so far, libmad and