Thanks. I will forward this to the apache-bugs list. Nicklas
> -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: den 1 juli 2005 03:33 > To: Nicklas Bondesson > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Regarding ASF Bugzilla Bug 35555 and Debian > Apache package > > Nicklas Bondesson wrote: > > > > I just want to make sure that nothing hinders this > submition (licence > > etc.). > > Debian's general take on patching upstream packages is to > license it under "the same license as upstream, whatever that > may be", specifically to make it easier to get patches > accepted upstream, so we can stop maintaining them. > > While I'm not sure who was responsible for this specific > patch, as a Debian Apache maintainer, and I can be fairly > sure that no one intended to license it incompatibly (as was > suggested in the bug, where someone surmised that it was > probably GPL... Not sure where they'd get that idea from). > > All of THAT aside, so little code is changed, and it's mostle > just shuffling header includes, I'd question if the patch was > even copyrightable in the first place. > > We've submitted many patches upstream in the past, and will > continue to do so in the future. If this one slipped through > the cracks, it's only because it was so small and > insignificant, not because of the license. By all means, > take it, give it a new home in ASF SVN, let us stop carrying > it around in our package. > > ... Adam > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
