On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:36:11 +0000 MJ Ray wrote:
> Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it>
> > I'm puzzled: how can you say that "Bob had no part in the *derived*
> > work"?
>
> He took no part in creating the new work from it.
That means he's not a co-author of the *derived* work, but, nonetheless,
he is the author of the original work!
>
> > Does Linus Torvalds have no part in linux-image-2.6-*.deb? Debian
> > Linux kernels are different from official kernel.org ones, but that
> > doesn't mean that upstream have no part in them!
>
> I don't think Linus Torvalds helps create the deb packaging.
I do not either.
> One can
> say it contains his work, but "kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386.deb by the
> Debian kernel team and Linus Torvalds" may not be a strictly accurate
> credit.
That would not be accurate.
On the other hand, "kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386.deb by the Debian kernel
team, based on the Linux kernel by Linus Torvalds and others" seems to
be accurate credit, doesn't it?
[...]
> > I strongly suggest to adopt clearly DFSG-free licenses that don't
> > have issues in the first place, rather than choosing a license with
> > more or less small issues that must be cured.
>
> I agree with that advice. Some licensors have drunk CC deeply and will
> not move, so I suggest that CC-sco is a possible compromise route
> until a fixed CC 3.x is finally published.
Please do not tell me that we must compromise our principles while
waiting for things to get magically fixed.
I'm already deeply disappointed by the Debian project for taking such
decision with GR-2006-001... :-(((
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:-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-)
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