Author: frank Date: 2006-05-17 14:38:13 +0000 (Wed, 17 May 2006) New Revision: 1364
Modified: tex-common/trunk/scripts/tpm2licenses.README Log: Add the Wiki address and a description of what to do in case of problems (and success) Modified: tex-common/trunk/scripts/tpm2licenses.README =================================================================== --- tex-common/trunk/scripts/tpm2licenses.README 2006-05-16 18:32:56 UTC (rev 1363) +++ tex-common/trunk/scripts/tpm2licenses.README 2006-05-17 14:38:13 UTC (rev 1364) @@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ We suggest that everybody follows the procedure outlined below. -a) coordinate on debian-tetex-maint which parts you are going to +a) coordinate on debian-tetex-maint and/or in the Wiki at + http://wiki.debian.org/LicenseAuditing which parts you are going to check, to prevent duplicate work. b) copy a tpm file from texlive to tetex-base's debian/tpm/ directory. @@ -285,10 +286,43 @@ If you are unsure, just ignore them, they will be found in the end by the coverage check. -f) Reporting errors +f) Reporting success and problems + If all is well, just submit the following information to + [email protected]: + + - the working tpm file + + - the license text, or a name if it is LPPL or in + /usr/share/common-licenses + + - The name of the file where the license information is given, the + version in teTeX and, if you also checked that, versions in + TeXlive and on CTAN. + + If you found incomplete license information, or non-free license + texts, please report as much info as you have to the mailing list + and to the Wiki at http://wiki.debian.org/LicenseAuditing. Steps + to perform now can include: + + - Check whether problematic files exist elsewhere on CTAN (some + files are only in zip or tar.gz archives!) and have other, + hopefully newer license information + + - Check whether any license discussion is archived by Google or + other search engines + + - Find out the responsible upstream author and contact them. + + When contacting upstream, please be careful. Remind yourself + that most of the time, upstream authors want their work to be + free and think they have already done enough. Explain in some + detail and with polite words what should be done and why. If + upstream has been inactive in the TeX community, it might make + sense to offer that you do an upload on behalf of them. Maybe + not in the initial mail, but later in the conversation. - + [1] Eventually, tetex-bin will have to be checked, too, but currently _______________________________________________ Pkg-tetex-commits mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-tetex-commits
