Hello all, I'd like to package this utility which I've found quite useful, anyway, there were some questions that I raised regarding the license, which states: "not modified in any way, and it is not sold for profit."
The author has clarified somewhat below, but I don't know if this is enough to get into main... Could anyone offer some advice to a relatively new maintainer? Aubin ----- Forwarded message from Joe Laffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivery-date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 13:55:56 -0500 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 12:51:36 -0600 (CST) From: Joe Laffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Debian Linux In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Aubin Paul wrote: > Hello, > > I am a maintainer for Debian GNU/Linux, and I'm intending to make a > binary package of rpl for the distribution as I find it an invaluable > utility. In any case, as you may or may not know, Debian is split up > into groups based on licensing. rpl seems to fall into non-free, > because of this part of the license: > "modified in any way, and it is not sold for profit." > > I need to get an idea of what you mean by this. Generally, it is > completely legal to distribute and resell Debian GNU/Linux's official > release, but not the non-free section. > > I just need to get a quick word from you that specifies whether rpl is > allowed to be sold as 'part' of a distribution, or whether it cannot > be sold in any form. I see what you mean. I will revise that with the next release. Selling a CD-ROM or a distribution with rpl on it is fine. I just don't want someone coming along and saying "Buy rpl for $19.95" or anything like that. If your legal folks need that revised I can do so sooner rather than later. Ideally you would make a package with the 1.3.0b1 version. However, I am hoping to get some beta feedback on that. I have tested it internally, but it could stand a little more testing. I would appreciate any feedback from you or anyone you know about the functionality of the latest version. > > Also, slight modifications to Makefile may need to be made to build > the package? Do you object to this? If you could clarify, that would > help a lot. That is not a problem at all. The Build script is really basic. It just compiles with cc -O2 I believe. If changes are needed no problem. I would rather more people use rpl! Copy it, make a package of it, sell it with a distro (just not by itself). It's yours... Please send me any feedback or bug reports, though!! Also, when you have made a package may I distribute that package from the offical website? If so, please send me a copy of the package (tar.gz or RPM or whatever). Thanks, Joe Laffey LAFFEY Computer Imaging St. Louis, MO ---------------------- ----- End forwarded message -----
