Hi, I am the maintainer of nfs-utils in Debian GNU/Linux; as part of the package we also distribute nhfsstone (in line with upstream). It has recently come to my attention that nhfsstone is distributed under a different license than the rest of nfs-utils (which is straight GPL):
You may copy Legato nhfsstone source, object code and related documentation as necessary, but are not authorized to license it to anyone else. Legato nhfsstone may be modified only for the purpose of porting. If the basic algorithms are changed the resulting program may not be called nhfsstone. The problematic part here is "Legato nhfsstone may be modified only for the purpose of porting" -- it seems the intent is only to force a name change for significantly modified versions, but as it stands, it seems to make nhfsstone unmodifiable, name change or not. This is unfortunate, as we'd have to separate out nhfsstone from the rest of nfs-utils, breaking with upstream. Is it possible to get an official clarification on this point, or optionally a re-licensing? /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
