[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-10-23 Thread llivne
serra you makes a good point that it is filled with lawyer only lenguge and that it is needlessly complicated but that doesn't makes him not free it just makes him needlessly complicated(why cant lawyers speak english?) but the new license seems to make it agreeable by open source standards (by wh

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-10-23 Thread Serra
I've been refreshing what I read some month ago... All the discusion about this Package request is also being discussed on Debian [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=364034 On Jun 2006 there was lot of discussion and finally Debian-Legal [2] think that the license isn't free at

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-10-23 Thread Serra
Algorithm aren't software but its implementation is software. All the crypto-algorithms implementation has its own license. You can see the AES algorithm implementation which state: Copyright (c) 1998-2006, Brian Gladman, Worcester, UK. All rights reserved. LICENSE TERMS The free distributio

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-10-20 Thread llivne
algorithms aren't software there are no such thing as an open source algorithm algorithm is a math formla - (like a+b=c) you cant copyright it so its ok to use everywhere so whats the problem? -- Package request for Truecrypt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109701 You received this bug notificat

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-10-20 Thread bobbocanfly
llivne, i think the main problem is the different crypto-algorithms being used, though i may be mistaken. From that summary of the license it seems to agree with the 10 terms of the OSI Open-Source definition so that shouldnt be a problem. The problem will be the crypto-algorithms. Im willing to be

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-10-20 Thread llivne
i read the license and as far i can see (correct me if im wrong) what it says that you can download and use it for free and that you can distribute it provided you give them credit (which is understandable) and that you can modify it as long as you dont use there name or logo (still understandable)

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-09-05 Thread dAniel hAhler
** Changed in: ubuntu Sourcepackagename: googleearth-package => None -- Package request for Truecrypt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@l

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-09-04 Thread angrykeyboarder
** Changed in: googleearth-package (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => googleearth-package -- Package request for Truecrypt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-05-14 Thread Wally Valters
This looks a little nightmarish. There is a lot of discussion on the truecrypt license it self on the lists from Debian, and until that license itself is changed I think there is not much chance of this getting in -- Package request for Truecrypt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109701 You receiv

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-05-10 Thread Wally Valters
I can start looking through this stuff too. I have been wanting to get involved, and use Truecrypt so I have an interest. -- Package request for Truecrypt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-05-08 Thread Lukas Fittl
You might be interested in the following links: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/06/msg00294.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/07/msg8.html I have not checked the copyright thing properly, I just took a quick look over the source, and especially for the different crypto

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-05-08 Thread Pavan kumar
Hi Lukas, I am new to the devel side of Ubuntu, but eager to make some contributions. Please let me know in what way I could help, say, by starting with checking licenses? How would I go about that? -- Package request for Truecrypt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109701 You received this bug noti

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-05-08 Thread Lukas Fittl
Problems with packaging truecrypt I encountered a few months ago: - It has all sorts of licenses on it, and it seems like some of them are not compatible - The kernel module is a mess, and not properly implemented -- Package request for Truecrypt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109701 You recei

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-04-25 Thread dAniel hAhler
** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Package request for Truecrypt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ub

[Bug 109701] Re: Package request for Truecrypt

2007-04-24 Thread Brian Murray
** Changed in: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- Package request for Truecrypt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubunt