Re: Revision 4 of DFSG

1999-01-21 Thread Darren Benham
The XFree86 (I think it's also called the MIT license?) has been added. Since (so far) we still accept the advertising clause, the BSD license is still "DFSG-free"... On 21-Jan-99 Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > Perhaps we could mention this problem with the advertisment clause > here, and add XFree86 t

Re: Revision 4 of DFSG

1999-01-21 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Now for something different: > 4.5. Example Licenses > -- > > As examples, we consider the following licenses DFSG-free: > > * the Artistic License > > * the BSD License > > * the MIT/X Consortium License > > * the GNU General Publ

Re: Revision 4 of DFSG

1999-01-20 Thread Darren Benham
On 20-Jan-99 Robert Woodcock wrote: > Anthony Towns wrote: >>* Is the Limitation of Liability really a restriction on use or >> distribution? This is just a layout thing, but it'd be nice to >> get it right. > > Neither! > > Also note that in all fields of endeavour you

Re: Revision 4 of DFSG

1999-01-20 Thread Robert Woodcock
Anthony Towns wrote: >* Is the Limitation of Liability really a restriction on use or > distribution? This is just a layout thing, but it'd be nice to > get it right. Neither! The limitation of liability in almost all licenses these days do not grant or deny any rights.

Re: Revision 4 of DFSG

1999-01-20 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 05:53:15PM -0800, Darren Benham wrote: > Remember, if you don't want a new DFSG at all, you can always vote it > down and argue against it when the proposal is made. In the mean > time, lets see if we can atleast make this the best wording we can. > > Also, remember, I thi