Re: [Fsuk-manchester] [DEB] If You Support Free Software, Talk To Your MP Now

[Robert Burrell Donkin]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Lucy <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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?

orphaned works for the purposes of DEB are all those that don't appear on a list

- robert