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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] [DEB] If You Support Free Software, Talk To Your
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Lucy |
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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] [DEB] If You Support Free Software, Talk To Your MP Now |
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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:40:55 +0000 |
On 15 March 2010 17:27, Robert Burrell Donkin
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Jon Spriggs <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I checked on this issue with Glyn Moody - an investigative reporter who
>> follows stories related to free and open source software. His response was
>> that the copyright notices issued in GPL Licensed Software should be
>> sufficient to resolve this.
>
> then glen needs to check his facts :-)
>
> (it's forgivable since the bill is poorly drafted and isn't understood
> by ministers - but that's what you get when you allow laws to be
> written by lobbyists)
>
> the GPL can only be enforced in the absence of other licenses (read
> the preamble or any of the commentaries)
>
> DEB allows ministers to issue additional unconditional licenses for
> orphaned works
>
> pretty much all software works are orphaned (it's a list checking
> exercise not about actual ownership)
If a program has a GPL license statement at the top of the file, how
can it be considered orphaned?
- [Fsuk-manchester] [DEB] If You Support Free Software, Talk To Your MP Now, Robert Burrell Donkin, 2010/03/14
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] [DEB] If You Support Free Software, Talk To Your MP Now, Iain Roberts, 2010/03/14
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] [DEB] If You Support Free Software, Talk To Your MP Now, Lucy, 2010/03/14
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- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] [DEB] If You Support Free Software, Talk To Your MP Now, Jon Spriggs, 2010/03/15
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] [DEB] If You Support Free Software, Talk To Your MP Now, Robert Burrell Donkin, 2010/03/15
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] [DEB] If You Support Free Software, Talk To Your MP Now,
Lucy <=
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] [DEB] If You Support Free Software, Talk To Your MP Now, Robert Burrell Donkin, 2010/03/15
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] [DEB] If You Support Free Software, Talk To Your MP Now, Robert Burrell Donkin, 2010/03/15
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] [DEB] If You Support Free Software, Talk To Your MP Now, Robert Burrell Donkin, 2010/03/15