On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OK, now there is a real problem, most of the licences mentioned are > > non-free and cannot be put into main. Essentially all the files that > > are not copyright Vuthichai Ampornaramveth or Theppitak > > Karoonboonyanan are non-free and need to be removed or relicenced. > > Alternatively the package can be put in non-free instead of main. > > Pardon? The doc/COPYRIGHT.HISTORY clearly states: > > -8<- > xvt original copyright was "Do what you want, but can't make money on it." . > Rxvt had the same copyright since it was based on xvt . > xiterm moved to GPL with autorization from xvt's original author. > -8<- > > I suppose Guylhem Aznar, who relicensed xiterm, has > already got authorization from previous authors to release > the whole package under GPL-2.
Missed that bit, was just looking at debian/copyright. In that case the old licences in debian/copyright need to be removed and an explanation of the history added so that the ftpmasters are convinced it is free. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
