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From: | Kevin M. Dean |
Subject: | Re: [gNewSense-users] suspect non-free xserver-xorg-driver-nsc/ |
Date: | Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:18:29 -0500 |
User-agent: | Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071008) |
The bug has been updated, thanks for the reminded. -Kevin Chris Andrew wrote:
Kevin, Looks like Marco has filed a bug (thank you). For our future reference, could you possibly add your contribution to http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00132 Thanks, Chris. On 25/12/2007, Kevin M. Dean <address@hidden> wrote:Should anyone here need to contact the FSF in regard to this license specifically: Your request has been assigned an ID of [gnu.org #350558]. -Kevin marco.chieppa-crap wrote:oh, good! thanks! marco I'll send an e-mail off to address@hidden tonight - it takes a few weeks for them to respond but we'll find out. :) My first glance at that says it's Free Software (It doens't require you to adhere to any specific legislation and what is a restriction changes as the law does - restrictions that are already on the user even if the license doesn't say it. Thought at the same time I can imagine that could be manipulated as well. Either way, I'll submit a letter to them. -Kevin Chris Andrew wrote:Marco, I don't have much time tonight to research this. It does look potentially worrying, though. Please can you raise a new bug http://bugs.gnewsense.org/ and add it to the Suspected non-free page. http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Main/SuspectedNonFree Thanks for questioning this package. Cheers, Chris. On 24/12/2007, marco.chieppa-crap<address@hidden> wrote:hi! before open a bug report, i would have your opinion aboutthis:the package xserver-xorg-driver-nsc/ in main xs-xs have this copyright notice (extract):Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with orwithout modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met[...] 1.this not expressly permit selling (well, neither inverse) andEXPORT LAWS: THIS LICENSE ADDS NO RESTRICTIONS TO THEEXPORT LAWS OF YOUR JURISDICTION. It is licensee's responsibility to comply with any export regulations applicable in licensee's jurisdiction. Under any export regulations applicable in licensee's jurisdiction. Under CURRENT (2001) U.S. export regulations this software is eligible for export from the U.S. and can be downloaded by or otherwise exported or reexported worldwide EXCEPT to U.S. embargoed destinations which include Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan and any other country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods and services. 2. This appear me not clear. we can redistribute the package or not? reading at http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html#exportcontrol it seems not free (exctract): "Sometimes government export control regulations and trade sanctions can constrain your freedom to distribute copies of programs internationally. Software developers do not have the power to eliminate or override these restrictions, but what they can and must do is refuse to impose them as conditions of use of the program. In this way, the restrictions will not affect activities and people outside the jurisdictions of these governments." thanks, marco _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list address@hidden http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users_______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list address@hidden http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users_______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list address@hidden http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
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