On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 20:30, Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 02:18:15PM +0000, v.nix.is wrote: >> Package: perl >> Version: 5.10.1-14 >> Severity: normal >> Tags: upstream >> >> Text::Tabs which is shipped with both upstream perl and the Debian >> version has this license, (highlight by me): >> >> Copyright (C) 1996-2002,2005,2006 David Muir Sharnoff. Copyright >> (C) 2005 Aristotle Pagaltzis This module may be modified, used, >> copied, and redistributed at your own risk. __Publicly >> redistributed modified versions must use a different name__. >> >> It seems that the license forbids any downstream patches without >> changing the name, > > Quoting DFSG #4: > > [...] The license may require derived works to carry a different name or > version number from the original software. (This is a compromise. The > Debian group encourages all authors not to restrict any files, source > or binary, from being modified.) > >> so this situation seems very similar to what Debian >> has with Firefox, where the name has been changed to Iceweasel to work >> around such a clause. > > I believe the Iceweasel rename was done primarily because the Firefox > logos were non-free, which made it necessary for Debian to modify the > software in such a way that it couldn't be called Firefox anymore. > > Anyway, this does not seem to be a DFSG violation. The license should > certainly be listed in debian/copyright though. I'll add it for the > next upload. Please let me know if you have further concerns or if I > can close this bug at that point.
Thanks. It looks like you can close this bug, but having it in the copyright file would be very useful. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
