Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Mathieu Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>> Julien Delange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Package: wnpp >>>> Severity: wishlist >>> >>>> * Package name : dvdrtools >>>> Version : 0.1.5
[...] >> c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively >> when run, you must cause it, when started running for such >> interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an >> announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a >> notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide >> a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under >> these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this >> License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but >> does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on >> the Program is not required to print an announcement.) > >> I do not interpret that as a need to change the status message to show >> that this software is a fork. > >> It just talk about a copyright notice, copying conditions and >> warranties, nothing about the fact that the software is forked or not. > >> It would anyway be very problematic to interpret this license that >> way. Any big modification can be seen as a fork... > > I don't know, but read together with "If the software is modified by > someone else and passed on, we want its recipients to know that what > they have is not the original, so that any problems introduced by > others will not reflect on the original authors' reputations." it is > not that insensible that "appropriate copyright notice" should > reflect the fact that is a fork. It should print at least one more copyright holder by comparison to the original version. Somehow, it reflects the fact that is a fork. > > [snip, does not apply to current packages in debian-archive] >> At the bug removal, it talks about a "restricted code for quality >> assurance" > >> * Begin restricted code for quality assurance. >> * >> * Warning: you are not allowed to modify or to remove the >> * Copyright and version printing code below! >> * >> * If you modify cdrecord you need to include additional version >> * printing code that: >> * >> * - Clearly states that the current version is an >> * inofficial (modified) version and thus may have bugs >> * that are not present in the original. >> * >> * - Print your e-mail address and tell people that you >> * will do complete support for this version of >> cdrecord. >> * >> * - Tell the users not to ask the original author for >> * help. > >> <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=193619> > >> I'm not sure at all this is GPL-compatible or DFSG-compliant. Does >> someone already look into that question? >> One thing is sure, it has nothing to do with GPL 2c. > > Redirecting to debian-legal. > > The intent of the code is the same as the "tainted"-stuff in the Linux > Kernel, to make it easy to differ between original Code and modified > code especially in bug-reports. I get the intent, I'm more puzzled about the method "you are not allowed to modify or to remove the [...] code below". (PS: Please add me in Cc:) -- Mathieu Roy +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | General Homepage: http://yeupou.coleumes.org/ | | Computing Homepage: http://alberich.coleumes.org/ | | Not a native english speaker: | | http://stock.coleumes.org/doc.php?i=/misc-files/flawed-english | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
