On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:55:01 +0200 Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Reading your previous posts about MPL, seems that the main problem MPL > presents is that Debian does not keep source code for every change at > least 6 months, as required in point 3.2. > > While this can be true for MPL packages being only in the archive it > is not if the package is being maintained in svn.debian.org, as it will > keep every change (released or not) for more than required 6 months, and > nowhere in MPL it says that those changes has to be shipped together > with binary, only made available. A problem would only occur if there was a Debian release that contained source code that is is not in the SVN archive. Does this ever occur? In any case, this seems less onerous than GPL 3b) which requires effectively the same for three years. > Of course, as required by 3.6, the place source code or modifications > are must be made public. This can be comply by a note in > debian/copyright file, as it will be included with every package > released. Para 3.2 requires modifications to be made available for 12 months after the initial release, or after six months after a subsequent version has been released. 3.6 applies to distribution of binaries, and essentially says that if you comply to the terms of source release, you are OK to release binaries > P.S: In my previous post I forgot about CC Debian VoIP Team. Please keep CC, > as I am not subcribed to d-legal and I think that Debian VoIP Team must be > kept informed. Good idea :) Craig ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig Southeren Post Increment VoIP Consulting and Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.postincrement.com.au Phone: +61 243654666 ICQ: #86852844 Fax: +61 243673140 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: +61 417231046 "It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile. Be yourself, no matter what they say." Sting
