Charles Briscoe-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I'm pretty sure that a program must be either entirely GPLed,
> >> or contain no GPLed parts.
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Raul Miller writes:
> >More precisely, the non-gpled parts must not have terms which prevent
> >compliance with the
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Raul Miller writes:
>Charles Briscoe-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I'm pretty sure that a program must be either entirely GPLed,
>> or contain no GPLed parts.
>
>More precisely, the non-gpled parts must not have terms which prevent
>compliance with the gpled
On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Alexey Marinichev wrote:
> Anyway, I do not think we should have X support compiled in
> vim, rather it should be a different package or something like
> that. It's pretty bad debian policy forbids it.
Do like I do with wmaker: compile several binaries[1]. One with
X, one w
On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 06:27:03PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> > I'm pretty sure that a program must be either entirely GPLed,
> > or contain no GPLed parts.
>
> More precisely, the non-gpled parts must not have terms which prevent
> compliance with the gpled parts.
Uhh, the GPL does not state
Charles Briscoe-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure that a program must be either entirely GPLed,
> or contain no GPLed parts.
More precisely, the non-gpled parts must not have terms which prevent
compliance with the gpled parts.
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
>On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Martin Schulze wrote:
>
>> This might look confusing but the situation is different as
>> the author of vile is aware of the unfreeness and distributes
>> new parts under the GPL.
>>
>> "the bulk of vile _cannot_ be covered by the GPL
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 01:30:36PM -0400, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
> > 4 or 5? No, in fact there are only 2 vi clones in main: nvi and vim.
> > ae and emacs in vi-mode certainly don't count. elvis, unlike nvi and vim
> > is the only one with X support. We should continue to push for it to be
> > made
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Martin Schulze wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 08:51:57PM +0100, James Troup wrote:
> > Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > It's free as it seems from the first view. The second view tells
> > > you it's non-free, unfortunately.
> > >
> > > Nevertheless I'
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
>
> I wish you good luck contacting the author. Neither the former
> elvis maintainer, Anders Something, nor me were able to contact
> him. We both sent mail to him but didn't get any response. This
> makes me very sad and angry about it. This is the r
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Someone wrote:
> > > 4 or 5? No, in fact there are only 2 vi clones in main: nvi and vim.
> > > ae and emacs in vi-mode certainly don't count. elvis, unlike nvi and vim
> > > is the only one with X support. We should continue to push for it to be
> > >
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 08:51:57PM +0100, James Troup wrote:
> Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > It's free as it seems from the first view. The second view tells
> > you it's non-free, unfortunately.
> >
> > Nevertheless I'm packaging it right now.
>
> You ask Martin not to work
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It's free as it seems from the first view. The second view tells
> you it's non-free, unfortunately.
>
> Nevertheless I'm packaging it right now.
You ask Martin not to work on elvis because it's non-free but then
announce you're working on the non-fr
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 09:38:01AM -0700, David Welton wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 02:13:52AM +1000, Martin Mitchell wrote:
>
> > > We have about 4 or 5 other vi clones so there is no need for
> > > re-packaging it. If you don't need it I'd appreciate you work
> > > on better packages.
> >
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 02:13:01PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 09:11:41AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> > This fails #3 and #7 of the DFSG. (Bug#14953 from 16 Nov 1997)
>
> Ho hum.. the web server is still down.
Unfortunately
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 09:11:41AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> This fails #3 and #7 of the DFSG. (Bug#14953 from 16 Nov 1997)
Ho hum.. the web server is still down.
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On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 09:11:41AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Elvis is non-free and the author ignores all mail coming from us,
> > both copyright mails as well as bugreports and fixes.
>
> Er... then why isn't it in non-free? Also, why is it our hig
Someone wrote:
> > 4 or 5? No, in fact there are only 2 vi clones in main: nvi and vim.
> > ae and emacs in vi-mode certainly don't count. elvis, unlike nvi and vim
> > is the only one with X support. We should continue to push for it to be
> > made free.
I wish you good luck contacting the author
> 4 or 5? No, in fact there are only 2 vi clones in main: nvi and vim.
> ae and emacs in vi-mode certainly don't count. elvis, unlike nvi and vim
> is the only one with X support. We should continue to push for it to be
> made free.
Vim 5 has *very* nice X interface for both Athena and Motif. I,
Enrique Zanardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 02:13:52AM +1000, Martin Mitchell wrote:
> >
> > 4 or 5? No, in fact there are only 2 vi clones in main: nvi and vim.
> > ae and emacs in vi-mode certainly don't count. elvis, unlike nvi and vim
> > is the only one with X suppo
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Elvis is non-free and the author ignores all mail coming from us,
> both copyright mails as well as bugreports and fixes.
Er... then why isn't it in non-free? Also, why is it our highest
preference editor?
Also, what aspect of the copyright notice puts
On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 02:13:52AM +1000, Martin Mitchell wrote:
> > We have about 4 or 5 other vi clones so there is no need for
> > re-packaging it. If you don't need it I'd appreciate you work
> > on better packages.
>
> 4 or 5? No, in fact there are only 2 vi clones in main: nvi and vim.
>
On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 02:13:52AM +1000, Martin Mitchell wrote:
>
> 4 or 5? No, in fact there are only 2 vi clones in main: nvi and vim.
> ae and emacs in vi-mode certainly don't count. elvis, unlike nvi and vim
> is the only one with X support. We should continue to push for it to be
> made free
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I will take over the orphaned elvis package, unless someone else has already
> > said they'll do it.
>
> Elvis is non-free and the author ignores all mail coming from us,
> both copyright mails as well as bugreports and fixes.
We should not give up
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 03:22:46AM +1000, Martin Mitchell wrote:
> I will take over the orphaned elvis package, unless someone else has already
> said they'll do it.
Elvis is non-free and the author ignores all mail coming from us,
both copyright mails as well as bugreports and fixes.
We have abo
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