Re: [Q]: GNU inetutils and debian inetutils not in sync??

2001-09-25 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Marcus Brinkmann wrote: Of course the package is GPL'ed (just like sysklogd is GPL'ed, although it is forked from the BSD code), but that is not the motivation. How can it be GPL'ed if it is modified BSD licensed code? Or has every

Re: [Q]: GNU inetutils and debian inetutils not in sync??

2001-09-24 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 07:20:23AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: GNU inetutils is a FSF implementation, ours is the original BSD. The FSF is re-implementing long existing code so that they can GPL it. Uh, this is dead wrong, at least in the case of inetutils. The GNU inetutils started

Re: [Q]: GNU inetutils and debian inetutils not in sync??

2001-09-24 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 04:04:08PM +0200, Francis ANDRE wrote: Hi DDG I check out the www.gnu.org inetutils against debian inetutils and I found them out of sync?? Could anybody tell me why?? Because we lack behind. Jeff Bailey worked on repackaging the latest snapshot, but work was

Re: [Q]: GNU inetutils and debian inetutils not in sync??

2001-09-24 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Marcus Brinkmann wrote: Of course the package is GPL'ed (just like sysklogd is GPL'ed, although it is forked from the BSD code), but that is not the motivation. How can it be GPL'ed if it is modified BSD licensed code? Or has every line been rewritten? Wichert. --

Re: [Q]: GNU inetutils and debian inetutils not in sync??

2001-09-24 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 03:43:27AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 07:20:23AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: GNU inetutils is a FSF implementation, ours is the original BSD. The FSF is re-implementing long existing code so that they can GPL it. Uh, this is dead

Re: [Q]: GNU inetutils and debian inetutils not in sync??

2001-09-24 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Marcus Brinkmann wrote: Of course the package is GPL'ed (just like sysklogd is GPL'ed, although it is forked from the BSD code), but that is not the motivation. How can it be GPL'ed if it is modified BSD licensed code? Or has every

[Q]: GNU inetutils and debian inetutils not in sync??

2001-09-14 Thread Francis ANDRE
Hi DDG I check out the www.gnu.org inetutils against debian inetutils and I found them out of sync?? Could anybody tell me why?? Cheers Francis ANDRE

Re: [Q]: GNU inetutils and debian inetutils not in sync??

2001-09-14 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Francis ANDRE wrote: Could anybody tell me why?? Ask the maintainer instead of mailing debian-devel? Wichert. -- _ / Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Q]: GNU inetutils and debian inetutils not in sync??

2001-09-14 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 14-Sep-2001 Francis ANDRE wrote: Hi DDG I check out the www.gnu.org inetutils against debian inetutils and I found them out of sync?? Could anybody tell me why?? GNU inetutils is a FSF implementation, ours is the original BSD. The FSF is re-implementing long existing code so that

Re: [Q]: GNU inetutils and debian inetutils not in sync??

2001-09-14 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 04:04:08PM +0200, Francis ANDRE uttered: I check out the www.gnu.org inetutils against debian inetutils and I found them out of sync?? Found _what_ about them out of sync? Their version number? Their 3rd toe on their root foot? _What?_ Could anybody tell me why?? Did