Re: [debian-ntp] Bug#328200: Problems with ntp

2005-09-18 Thread Joe Smith
The UCB advertising clause has been rescinded by the copyright owner. See this authorization. ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change The advertising clause is no longer required and is deleted. With all of the usual cautions about IANAL I believe it is enough to

Re: [debian-ntp] Bug#328200: Problems with ntp

2005-09-18 Thread Joe Smith
Matthew Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bdale Garbee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The file util/ansi2knr.c is also GPL. I'm pretty sure it's unused, but an easy reference in debian/copyright would cover it. This may be a problem if it is used, as: That

Re: Re: [debian-ntp] Bug#328200: Problems with ntp

2005-09-15 Thread Nathanael Nerode
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I've just been through the ntp source tree looking at all the copyright and license assertions. Executive summary is that there are indeed some problems, but it's not bad, and I believe it can be fixed with an upload that elides certain bits from the upstream

Re: [debian-ntp] Bug#328200: Problems with ntp

2005-09-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Matthew Garrett wrote: Bdale Garbee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are several files that are BSD with advertising clause, including libntp/memmove.c, libntp/mktime.c, libntp/random.c, libntp/strerror.c, libntp/strstr.c, ntpd/refclock_jupiter.c, and ntpd/refclock_mx4200.c. These should be

Re: [debian-ntp] Bug#328200: Problems with ntp

2005-09-14 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 00:03 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: The maintainers should have a chance to clear up this question first. I'll have a look at it today. Bdale -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [debian-ntp] Bug#328200: Problems with ntp

2005-09-14 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 00:03 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: The maintainers should have a chance to clear up this question first. Ok, I've just been through the ntp source tree looking at all the copyright and license assertions. Executive summary is that there are indeed some problems, but it's

Re: [debian-ntp] Bug#328200: Problems with ntp

2005-09-14 Thread Matthew Garrett
Bdale Garbee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The file util/ansi2knr.c is also GPL. I'm pretty sure it's unused, but an easy reference in debian/copyright would cover it. This may be a problem if it is used, as: There are several files that are BSD with advertising clause, including