>>>>> On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Roy Bamford <neddyseag...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> From the point of view of the licencor, the licence is just as >> important as the code, so there are no trivial licence issues. >> As a trustee, I am unhappy with losing the traceability at all. >> Other trustees may have different opinions.
But there _are_ trivial cases (e.g., most of the init script issues, bug 425702) where a simple ChangeLog entry would be enough for traceability. > Not this one. License issues can vary in severity, and there may be > nuances that an outsider might not appreciate. > I think it is best to at least ping the maintainer before switching a > license. If anybody spots a license issue that they believe to be > serious and they don't get a timely response from the maintainer, they > should escalate it. I'd go a step further and request CCing the > trustees from the start on any issue that involves contact from the > copyright holder in any form. This can certainly be done. Be prepared for some bug spam, though. Ulrich
