On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 05:01:10PM -0800, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11 2016, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 10:42:10PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > >> * Bug fix: "manpage should document --jobserver-fds and the jobserver > >> pipe", thanks to Josh Triplett. Updated the manual page, and forwarded > >> this bug to upstream bug reporting system.(Closes: #781416). > > > > Thanks for the fix! > > > > Looking at the patch, though, it looks like that patch copies text > > directly from > > http://make.mad-scientist.net/papers/jobserver-implementation/ ; that > > page lists the license of that text as "Verbatim copying and > > distribution is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is > > preserved." > > > > Has the author of that page granted some additional permission? > > No. This is my bad, I did not think to check the copyright since > I was takign a small excerpt and rewording; but perhaps the extent of > my rewording is not enough to constitute too small to be an issue,
The direct quotes jumped out at me (e.g. the line 'enough information, enough "global vision",'). > At this point, i can rewrite the added sections in my own words, > but I have looked at the page (and, indeed, have been using that as > primary documentation), so I don’t know if that too would be enough. Before we go to the trouble of rewriting the documentation, how about we drop a mail to the person who wrote it and see if they're willing to put it under the same Free Softwre license as the current manpage (which appears to be GPLv3-or-later)?
