>>Does 3 here also apply to 2?
>
>No. "Youm ay OTHERWISE modify..."
>
>Of course, when the origonal person put out the patches, they would have to
>make sure the changes are noted. We could make that clearer, though.
Anthony,
Wait a second, I mis-read �2: It says you may apply those patches & bug
fixes "derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder." This
means it'd only be changes we distribute, right? That's OK. Still, we
should require any changes to be clearly designated before a copy can be
distributed.
>We could take out "from the Public Domain or", so that that only applies to
>changes the copyright holder (us) put out.
I agree.
>But allowing fixes from the public domain leads to much quicker fixes. How
>long do you have to wait for a bug fix from Apple, for example? Six months.
>If a security hole is discovered in Linux, how long does it take to have it
>fixed? Hours.
True, but if someone would like to see a PD fix added to OC so he/she can
distribute it, they can simply send it to us and we can agree. Shouldn't be
much slower and will ensure there aren't versions out there that contain
fixes which break other parts or ports.
>No. Just regression tests. Perl does not have a formal language spec.
What does such a regression test consist of?
>This section is intended for people porting it. They can add in subroutines
>to emulate "chown" on no-Unix systems (perhaps through AppleShare on the
>Mac, for example).
Oh, well, if it works, I'm fine with that.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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