From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Branden Robinson Subject: Re: Fwd: reiser4 non-free? Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 13:15:32 -0500 Message-ID: <20040510181532.GG8186@deadbeast.net> References: <98BeNnE3cDD@gmane.3247.org> <36ad2307e2e4f813c4fe8d268dabecd5@bouncing.localnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bO4vSxwwZtUjUWHo" Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <36ad2307e2e4f813c4fe8d268dabecd5@bouncing.localnet> List-Id: To: debian-legal@lists.debian.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com --bO4vSxwwZtUjUWHo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 10:56:13AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-05-03 15:24:00 +0100 Claus F=E4rber = wrote: >=20 > > Rememer that an "ad-clause" usually does not render a work non-free, > > just incompatible with the GPL. [...] >=20 > An "ad-clause" usually applies to documentation or advertising > supplied with the software, not the software package itself, and only > requires attribution not a large advert. It sails very close to the > wind, but doesn't quite fall over. Any required-advertising clause that makes any imposition on wholly independent and original works is non-free. --=20 G. Branden Robinson | I suspect Linus wrote that in a Debian GNU/Linux | complicated way only to be able to branden@debian.org | have that comment in there. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Lars Wirzenius --bO4vSxwwZtUjUWHo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkCfxsQACgkQ6kxmHytGonx99QCeNrexhfqlKHXOzHYz5thvshEb AzcAnRSi2FciO1wOE55+HE8sidwURswS =FuvL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bO4vSxwwZtUjUWHo--