[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Küster) wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 01:56:34PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > >> But, most importantly, who is "The Debian Project", which would be > >> granted the permission, in this sense? Everybody who runs a server with > >> a *.debian.org DNS name? Or are there more complete mirrors than these? > >> Or are the administrators of mirrors not responsible at all, but only > >> ftp-master? To whom would a written letter have to be addressed? > > > > In effect, permission would have to be granted to our complete mirror > > network, which includes many sites not under the .debian.org domain, > > often run by people not directly affiliated with Debian. > > So I will ask him to use the term "complete Debian mirror > network". Thank you very much,
As far as I know, there is only one piece of software in Debian with Debian-specific permission: crafty. It's permission reads Debian has received written permission in the form of an e-mail from Professor Hyatt: Robert M. Hyatt wrote: > > you have my permission to distribute this code just as you did > before. I am only trying to stop people from copying the source > and then calling it their own and entering it into chess tournamennts, > something that has now happened at least 3 times... This is a little vague, but it sure makes it seem like the crafty author is not going to sue anyone for mirroring Debian. Also, the "complete" mirror network is ill-defined. If I mirror Debian for my local network, I am certainly not part of any official Debian network. However, I think that people generally expect to be able to do that. They may not be able to use everything in non-free, but at least they can distribute it. So I would try to get permission to make those modifications for policy. It would be nice to just get rid of all Debian-specific licenses, since they are rather troublesome for mirrors. Regards, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
