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From: Steve Long <slong@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev]  Re: Re: package with funny licence
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:03:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f6j4m6$540$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20070704215810.2f87c44f@epia.jer-c2.orkz.net

Jeroen Roovers wrote:

> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:28:04 +0100
> Steve Long <slong@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> It maybe be Published by some group, but they seem to make no
>> restrictions whatsoever. As such, I'd personally feel quite happy
>> using it as-is; I don't think they much care either way :-)
> 
> Hmmm. A license is *needed* as long as modifying/distributing the
> package is restricted by copyright. The as-is license specifically
> grants you the right to use the software it pertains to. Without an
> explicit license, you may not (ever) modify or distribute it. You would
> need to obtain permission from the copyright owner in that case -
> otherwise the normal copyright restrictions are in effect.
>
Sure but afaict they disavow all restrictions. In response (aiui) to the
standard question "What may we do with this?" the first line reads:
"You're allowed. You're a bozo."

"The BOZO Manifesto" takes up the rest of the document, wherein
"The Bozotic Software Foundation (hereafter referred to as "us" or
"you" or "everyone except Emacs-19")" imo stipulates that in effect the
users are part of the group holding publishing rights, or rather that the
code is public domain ("everyone except Emacs-19".)

> Again, to ask the copyright owner for a simple (written) statement
> saying how the software may be (freely or not) distributed and modified
> is currently the next step.
> 
Agreed; I'm sure I've seen that ben@gnu addy on other software if manson is
non-responsive. An email counts as written ofc, although a gpg sig might be
advisable. (Although I do not think this particular case merits such
caution.. but then, I'm a bozo ;)


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  reply	other threads:[~2007-07-05 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-03 10:21 [gentoo-dev] package with funny licence Ulrich Mueller
2007-07-03 17:01 ` Jeroen Roovers
2007-07-04 12:02   ` Paul de Vrieze
2007-07-04 14:28     ` [gentoo-dev] " Steve Long
2007-07-04 19:58       ` Jeroen Roovers
2007-07-05 16:03         ` Steve Long [this message]
2007-07-04 19:51     ` [gentoo-dev] " Jeroen Roovers
2007-07-06  6:01       ` Ulrich Mueller
2008-01-16 23:26 ` [gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-emacs/uboat (was: Re: package with funny licence) Ulrich Mueller
2008-01-25  0:39   ` [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: app-emacs/uboat Ulrich Mueller

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