Joerg Schilling dijo [Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 02:49:36PM +0200]: > As I _did_ already receive coplaints against cdrecord that have been e.g. > based > on the fact that Linux distributoions change the name for the file > /etc/default/cdrercord and the fact that the basterdized behavior is > incompatible with the (officially) documented behavior, these Linux > distributions cause harm.... > > Free software gives you the right to change software but free software > definitely does _not_ give you the right to use the originam _name_ of the > software in case you apply incompatible changes or in case that you introduce > bugs. The license is related to "urheberrecht", using the original name > of the software is related to trade mark right.... > > If people at Denbian are missing this kind of basic knowledge, how > would it be possible to discuss license issues in a serious way?
I am currently maintainer (co-maintainer for most of them) for 70 packages, most of them quite easy and low-maintenance. However, some of them have patches, maybe adding a specific functionality the author didn't want to include in his official version, maybe fixing some idiosyncratic differencies (i.e. PDF::API2 comes to mind - It defines sections in its documentation which don't cleanly map to what's used in regular manpages, so I did the changes, but I must keep patching the author's official module). You say that I don't have the right to distribute this under the name PDF::API2 in Debian, do I understand correctly? Please tell me: This module is a Perl library. If I modify it to become PDF::API2::Debian, how will our users' code be portable? How can other pieces of code link against this one and not be Debian-specific? A compromise we have reached in some cases is to change the _version_ number (i.e. in Mail::IMAPClient, where I had to remove some non-free files from the distributed tarball) appending '+deb' to it (so for us it's now 2.2.9+deb-4). It clearly shows it's not the original author's code, but that the code _is_ contained. Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
