Scripsit James Bromberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In December, 2000, the mod_backhand author wrote to me:
> > You, of course, don't need my permission to make it up into=20 > > a debian package (given the license,) but I appreciate you asking! =20 > > I would be delighted if you packaged and maintained the debian=20 > > package for mod_backhand. =20 > The debian package has not had any modified code; only the build system=20 > (makefiles, autoconf). Is this derrived? I don't think so; It might be a good idea to get explicit permission to apply bug fixes and (especially since we're talking server software) security fixes without waiting to contact the author. I don't think the standard Debian packaging tools will allow automatic security fixing if the fixed package cannot have the same name as the original. The alternative to getting such a permission would be that if a security problem is found and the author is not available IMMEDIATELY, Debian must release a "fix" that takes out the unsafe code by replacing it with a do-nothing binary - much to the chagrin of the users, I imagine. -- Henning Makholm "What has it got in its pocketses?"
