On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 20:25 +0000, Gervase Markham wrote: > The attitude which came across in your email seemed to be "We're the big > and important Debian project, and we've been violating your licence, > which is a bit of a shame, but please tell us we can keep doing so, > otherwise we'll yank your software from our distribution, and you > wouldn't want that, would you?" As the recipient of it, I certainly > wouldn't be inspired to work out a constructive solution.
I think Joey's mail is quite good since it is just stating facts. Truth cannot be made up, specially on free software (and non-free also) legal issues. The fact is clear: What does PHP say about Debian using 'php' string on packages/software distribution. > Perhaps it would be advisable for letters which go out carrying the > authority of Debian ("We are a group of developers...") to be reviewed > by the list before being sent? Yes, it is another viable choice. -- David Moreno Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://www.damog.net/ Keyboard missing - press F3 to continue... GPG: C671257D - 6EF6 C284 C95D 78F6 0B78 FFD3 981C 5FD7 C671 257D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]