Re: Distribution of license documents (fwd)

1998-08-17 Thread Raul Miller
Jules Bean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any package which consisted of standalone licenses would go in verbatim. Note that at least some licenses should be part of the base system. Any non-free standards go in verbatim. Only if they allow unlimited distribution. If distribution is somehow

Re: Distribution of license documents (fwd)

1998-08-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Marcus == Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marcus Jules, did I understand you correctly that you mean with Marcus standalone licenses licenses that don't apply to any work Marcus specifically (for example a package with example licenses for Marcus you to pick from, or a

Re: Distribution of license documents (fwd)

1998-08-17 Thread Santiago Vila
On 17 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: The GPL, LGPL, BSD, and Artistic licenses do not apply to any software specifically, and can be considered stand alone. (If I am wrong, please point out wording in the license that specifies which package or specific software the license

Re: Distribution of license documents (fwd)

1998-08-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Santiago == Santiago Vila [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Santiago On 17 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: The GPL, LGPL, BSD, and Artistic licenses do not apply to any software specifically, and can be considered stand alone. (If I am wrong, please point out wording in the license that

Re: Distribution of license documents (fwd)

1998-08-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hello, On Mon, Aug 17, 1998 at 10:51:34AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Hi, Marcus == Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The GPL, LGPL, BSD, and Artistic licenses do not apply to any software specifically, and can be considered stand alone. (If I am wrong, please point

Re: Distribution of license documents (fwd)

1998-08-17 Thread john
Marcus writes: The license applies to the software it copyrights. The license grant (an abstraction) applies to the software to which it grants rights. The license document represents this abstraction. If I apply the GPL to my work, this work is copyrighted under the terms of the GPL. If any