ftp.debian.org: RM: imapsync -- RoM; author doesn't want us to distribute his program

Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal Hi, Please remove imapsync from unstable. New versions of the program can only be downloaded for money from the upstream author's website and therefore distributing the program for free in Debian is not requested by him anymore. The whole discussion can

BOLA not advisable

Charles Plessy dijo [Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 02:59:04PM +0900]: (...) licenses of the family of the MIT or the BSD require to to reproduce copyright statements on derivatives, and I think that it would cause headaches to many to attempt to seriously comply with them. We are blessed that a lot

Re: data copyright or not -- what is Debian's take?

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 at 14:06:49 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: I don't see a need to specify “data”. What's wrong with “work”, the term normally seen in English-language copyright discussions for any information covered by copyright? Since the issue under discussion is things that might or might not