On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 08:19:10PM +0200, Christoph Egger wrote: > On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 07:39:09PM +0200, Fladischer Michael wrote: [actually, Christoph Egger wrote...] > > > * I've found it quite good to have package + packaging under the same > > > license. Of course that's totally up to your preference > > [...and Fladischer Michael replied...] > > What would be the benefit of having the same license? Integration of > > Debian packaging in upstream? > > Well your package may at some point in time accumulate patches > that are part of your packaging but may well be of interest to > upstream.
Also for third parties who would like to use a BSD-licensed package and actually *like* some of your patches - they, too, might be happier if the patches are under the same license as the upstream code. G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint 2EE7 A7A5 17FC 124C F115 C354 651E EFB0 2527 DF13 I am the thought you are now thinking.
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