On 2022-06-03 at 21:11, John Hasler wrote:
> Emanuel Berg writes:
>
>> Maybe not the collection but if there are items (files) associated
>> with nothing except Debian.
>
> Those are under whatever DFSG-compliant licenses the Debian
> developers who authored them chose to use.
And either
Emanuel Berg writes:
> How does it work with other distro being forks (derivatives) of
> Debian, or some other distro being a Debian derivative, and so on -
> what's happening when they first base their distro on Debian, then put
> their own licence on theirs?
I believe that they could
David Wright wrote:
OKAY SO THE "DISTRIBUTION" DON'T HAVE A "LICENSE"?
>>>
>>> Have you tried to search the web for "debian license"?
>>> DDG gives me as first link a document that seems highly
>>> relevant
>>
>> And the second link?
>
> Somehow, google misread my typing, and took me to the
Emanuel Berg writes:
> Maybe not the collection but if there are items (files) associated
> with nothing except Debian.
Those are under whatever DFSG-compliant licenses the Debian developers
who authored them chose to use.
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David Wright wrote:
>> DDG gives me as first link a document that seems highly
>> relevant,
>
> I don't think we have to be coy about the fact that the page
> is:
>
> https://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/
It says
We welcome enquiries from maintainers considering particular
licenses, but we
On Sat 04 Jun 2022 at 02:48:32 (+0200), Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
> >> OKAY SO THE "DISTRIBUTION" DON'T HAVE A "LICENSE"?
> >
> > Have you tried to search the web for "debian license"?
> > DDG gives me as first link a document that seems highly
> > relevant
>
> And the second
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> All that being said, other distributions have attmepted to
> put a licence on the whole distribution, not
> always consistently.
>
> Red Hat had a copyright on their artwork etc. and required
> derivatives to change their branding accordingly.
>
> Almalinux - a CentOS
John Hasler wrote:
> The distribution is a collection of pieces of software
> authored by a wide variety of individuals, groups, and
> organizations. These authors have published their works
> under terms which allow Debian or any one else to
> redistribute them. It would not make a lot of sense
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> OKAY SO THE "DISTRIBUTION" DON'T HAVE A "LICENSE"?
>
> Have you tried to search the web for "debian license"?
> DDG gives me as first link a document that seems highly
> relevant
And the second link?
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On Thu, Jun 02, 2022 at 10:44:45PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Emanuel Berg writes:
> > OKAY SO THE "DISTRIBUTION" DON'T HAVE A "LICENSE"?
>
> The distribution is a collection of pieces of software authored by a
> wide variety of individuals, groups, and organizations. These authors
> have
Emanuel Berg writes:
> OKAY SO THE "DISTRIBUTION" DON'T HAVE A "LICENSE"?
The distribution is a collection of pieces of software authored by a
wide variety of individuals, groups, and organizations. These authors
have published their works under terms which allow Debian or any one
else to
On Thu 02 Jun 2022 at 21:46:13 (-0400), Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Emanuel Berg [2022-06-02 05:21:17] wrote:
> > OKAY SO THE "DISTRIBUTION" DON'T HAVE A "LICENSE"?
>
> Have you tried to search the web for "debian license"?
> DDG gives me as first link a document that seems highly relevant,
I don't
On Thu, Jun 02, 2022 at 05:26:39AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> one might point to the debian installer as the package that
> draws the others in, but the debian installer is not actually
> required to have a functional, recognizable, and even 'orthodox'
> debian system.
According to
Emanuel Berg wrote:
> OKAY SO THE "DISTRIBUTION" DON'T HAVE A "LICENSE"?
there is no distribution. there are only packages which work
together or don't.
one might point to the debian installer as the package that
draws the others in, but the debian installer is not actually
required to have a
On 2022-06-01 09:14, Lidiya Pecherskaya wrote:
Hello,
Is it possible to get information on the type of license under which
the Debian software is available?
Thanks in advance.
Most of the packages are distributed under a free license - usually GPL
or MIT but sometimes others. Packages under
On Thu, Jun 02, 2022 at 05:21:17AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:
{...}
> OKAY SO THE "DISTRIBUTION" DON'T HAVE A "LICENSE"?
THEY HAVE MANY!
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Greg Wooledge wrote:
>> I don't know what Debian is under to be honest, GPL2?
>
> "Debian" is not "under" anything.
>
> Each INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE within Debian has one or more
> licenses which apply to it. See previous messages in
> this thread.
OKAY SO THE "DISTRIBUTION" DON'T HAVE A "LICENSE"?
On Thu, Jun 02, 2022 at 04:14:22AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> I don't know what Debian is under to be honest, GPL2?
"Debian" is not "under" anything.
Each INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE within Debian has one or more licenses which
apply to it. See previous messages in this thread.
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Is it possible to get information on the type of license
>> under which the Debian software is available?
>
> Yes, of course.
> Have you tried a search for, say, "debian license", maybe?
> Just a wild idea
I don't know what Debian is under to be honest, GPL2? If so
this
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Is it possible to get information on the type of license
>> under which the Debian software is available?
>
> Yes, of course.
> Have you tried a search for, say, "debian license", maybe?
> Just a wild idea,
Here are a bunch of tools that can help the OP,
Hi Lidiya,
On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 04:14:49PM +0300, Lidiya Pecherskaya wrote:
> Is it possible to get information on the type of license under which the
> Debian software is available?
Each package installs a file /usr/share/doc//copyright
with its exact license.
In general all packages that
On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 04:14:49PM +0300, Lidiya Pecherskaya wrote:
> Is it possible to get information on the type of license under which the
> Debian software is available?
Each package has one or more licenses, under which it's distributed.
The license(s) for a given package are contained in
Hello,
Is it possible to get information on the type of license under which the
Debian software is available?
Thanks in advance.
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