Bug#361846: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-10-12 Thread Torsten Landschoff
Hi *, On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 11:29:51AM -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: > >If this file is a non-copyrightable interface definition, the bug here is > >the presence of a copyright notice and license statement where there > >should be none. > > ITS#4693 in the OpenLDAP ITS system. In the logs

Bug#361846: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-10-05 Thread Steve Langasek
severity 361846 serious tags 361846 etch-ignore thanks On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 10:51:52AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Plus, this is an interface specification if I've ever seen one, and > >> interface specifications are not copyrightable under US l

Bug#361846: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-10-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Plus, this is an interface specification if I've ever seen one, and >> interface specifications are not copyrightable under US law. > I agree, but was hesitant to assert this without some corroboration. > If this file is a non-copyrightable interface

Bug#361846: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-10-03 Thread Russ Allbery
> As a philosophical point - in the United States, every written work is > automatically covered by copyright at the moment of creation. This is factually false. Recipes cannot be copyrighted, nor can interface specifications, nor can telephone books, except to the degree that a compilation copyr

Bug#361846: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-10-03 Thread Quanah Gibson-Mount
--On Tuesday, October 03, 2006 1:24 PM -0700 Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quanah Gibson-Mount <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If this file is a non-copyrightable interface definition, the bug here is the presence of a copyright notice and

Bug#361846: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-10-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Quanah Gibson-Mount <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If this file is a non-copyrightable interface definition, the bug here >> is the presence of a copyright notice and license statement where there >> should be none. > ITS#4693 in the OpenLDAP ITS system

Bug#361846: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-10-03 Thread Quanah Gibson-Mount
--On Monday, October 02, 2006 9:14 PM -0700 Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: severity 361846 important retitle 361846 invalid assertion of copyright on contents of core.schema thanks Plus, this is an interface specification if I've ever seen one, and interface specifications are n

Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-10-02 Thread Steve Langasek
severity 361846 important retitle 361846 invalid assertion of copyright on contents of core.schema thanks > Plus, this is an interface specification if I've ever seen one, and > interface specifications are not copyrightable under US law. I agree, but was hesitant to assert this without some corr

Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-04-10 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 09:19:31PM +0200, Torsten Landschoff wrote: > On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 08:16:46PM +0200, Noèl Köthe wrote: > > > The ftpmasters have recently rejected a package that contains another > > > schema file with identical license text, and there was no obvious > > > opposition to t

Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-04-10 Thread Noèl Köthe
Am Montag, den 10.04.2006, 21:19 +0200 schrieb Torsten Landschoff: > > > The ftpmasters have recently rejected a package that contains another > > > schema file with identical license text, and there was no obvious > > > opposition to that decision on Debian legal [0], so the current > > > underst

Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-04-10 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 08:16:46PM +0200, Noèl Köthe wrote: > > The ftpmasters have recently rejected a package that contains another > > schema file with identical license text, and there was no obvious > > opposition to that decision on Debian legal [0], so the current > > understanding seems to

Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-04-10 Thread Noèl Köthe
Am Montag, den 10.04.2006, 19:39 +0200 schrieb Peter Eisentraut: > The ftpmasters have recently rejected a package that contains another > schema file with identical license text, and there was no obvious > opposition to that decision on Debian legal [0], so the current > understanding seems to be

Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

2006-04-10 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Package: openldap2.2 Severity: serious The license for the file core.schema says: ## Portions Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1997-2003). ## All Rights Reserved. ## ## This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to ## others, and derivative works that comment on or otherw