2008/10/31 Aaron Hussein Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hey guys, > > I just got the email below and want to take this opportunity to point > a few things out: > > Licenses are important. If a project has no license that DOES NOT mean > you are able to redistribute it by adding a file that says "Free to > use". Just because it is in the AUR doesn't mean we are in the clear. > > That said, I believe this email is a little silly for three reasons: > a) Nothing there is stolen. It is a PKGBUILD. If it is illegal to > redistribute the source, then the end user is liable (something we > DON'T want). > b) The original tarball no longer exists. > c) I have seen no proof of copyright. > > Still, I do want to take this opportunity to point out that we NEED to > be more careful here. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Richard Northcott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:03 AM > Subject: Stolen material > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > This is stolen copyrighted material. Please remove. > > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/stardict-longman/ > > > Richard Northcott > Enfour,Inc. > Tokyo >
I'm well confused here. We haven't "taken" anything at all, we've provided a link to the software. I think he thinks the tarball in that AUR is the source, which it isn't. I think you should ask exactly what he thinks we have stolen.
