On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 03:02:32PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Thanks for dealing with the bug so fast!
>
> The source package appear to contain the same file:
>
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.39.orig.tar.gz
>
> e2fsprogs-1.39/doc/draft-leach-uuids-guids-01.txt
>
> Steve Langasek suggested on debian-legal that asking for permission
> from the document authors would be preferable to removing the file.
> According to the file, the authors are Paul J. Leach
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Rich Salz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, but the
> document suggests others may own the document too:
It is legal to distribute the source file, so leaving the I-D in the
source should not be an issue. Debian Policy merely says that the
packages must be DFSG compliant, but as far as I know, the controlling
guidelines for the source files are: (1) it is highly desirable that
the file be identical to the upstream, and (2) it must be legal for
our FTP mirrors to distribute. Both conditions are currently
satisified, so I don't see a justification for diverging with the
upstream source file just to remove the I-D.
Regards,
- Ted
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