Hi, > Doesn't say anywhere that modification is permitted. > > Since there are a few packages that depend on timeout, and this program is > in fact very small, I'd gladly provide a rewrite if needed. > > secvpn,timeout > podracer,timeout > netatalk,timeout > gnokii,timeout
Actually for another project I've had some contact with Wietse Venema (upstream author) about this in 2004, and received the following response: | > Thanks for pointing that out. I have downloaded tct 1.15 from | > http://www.porcupine.org/forensics/tct.html. However in timeout.c there | > is no copyright notice, so from README.FIRST and MANIFEST, I conclude, | > that it's copyright is governed by COPYRIGHT, which says nothing about | > derivative works: | | Dan's files fall under COPYRIGHT, and mine fall under LICENSE. | timeout is my program, not his. | Thus, timeout is distributed under the IBM public license. The | sole omission is a line in the C source and man page that says: | | LICENSE | The IBM PUBLIC LICENSE must be distributed with this | software. | | Attached is a version with the missing line added. | | Wietse I've attached Wietse's updated timeout aswell. So there's no problem with timeout, other than that debian/copyright may be updated and the package may rather use the attached version to make things clear. If you need the full original email just let me know. As for the rest of the coroner's toolkit the problem might still exist, but contacting Farmer and Venema about it can be useful. > Since there are a few packages that depend on timeout, and this program is > in fact very small, I'd gladly provide a rewrite if needed. Great, but this doesn't seem needed. Thijs
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