> > A new mirror_2.9-1 is now on master. The copyright has changed (see below), > and should be fine with us. Or is the 'changes must be distributed as > patches' policy too restrictive for us? > > So here's the copyright: > > > Copyright _ 1990 - 1998 Lee McLoughlin > > Permission to use, copy, and distribute this software and its > documentation for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, > provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that > both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in > supporting documentation. > > Permission to modify the software is granted, but not the right to > distribute the modified code. Modifications are to be distributed as > patches to released version.
I know perl isn't usually compiled, but as far as I see, it doesn't allow us to distribute a compiled version of mirror (at least not a compiled version of a patched mirror). DFSG does say `changes as patches' is allowed, but we do have to be able to distribute binaries compiled from modified sources. (whether we actually choose to distribute those binaries is a different issue altogether -- we just have to be allowed to do so). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
