On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, dsb3 wrote: > On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > >On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, dsb3 wrote: > > > >> from the pine CPYRIGHT file (actually looking at v3.96 which I have > >> installed) > >> > >> [snip] > > > >But this explains it: > > > >Although the above trademark and copyright restrictions do not convey > >the right to redistribute derivative works, the University of > >Washington encourages unrestricted distribution of patch files which > >can be applied to the University of Washington Pine distribution. > > > >It can be distributed as a binary only using unpatched sources. Otherwise > >you have a "derivative work". Debian distributes the original source plus > >diffs which then must be compiled locally to comply with this restriction. > > maybe this is too pedantic, but are you saying: > 1) it can be distributed in binary form using unpatched sources ONLY, or > 2) if distributed as solely binary, it must come from unpatched sources. > > thus, if the debian package were to somewhat wastefully contain both > source AND binary, would it be permitted to use patched sources for it.
I can't really tell the distinction between 1) and 2), but as I understand the Debian interpretation of the copyright file (with which I concur): 1. You cannot distribute a modified version (source or binary). 2. You can distribute the unmodified version (source or binary) along with patch files which modify it. This was discussed extensively on debian-devel a few months ago. If someone clever came up with a patch for the binary, that would be permissable. When it comes to license/copyright issues, the author gets to choose whatever he wants. Fortunately, open licensing is getting more popular. However, it's pretty staightforward to create a binary.deb file with the patches for local use (it can't be distributed. Per a message from Martin Bialasinski on 23 Sep 1998: First get the debian pine sources. They are on your local debian mirror in project/experimental. You need the .diff.gz, .dsc and .orig.tar.gz files. Better use a ftp client for this, not netscape. Netscape uncompressed the diff.gz file when I did this, causeing trouble for the next steps. (install the dpkg-dev debian package) Now create the pine source tree: dpkg-source -x pine*.dsc Cd into the sourcedir: cd pine-4.04 Create the deb packages: debian/rules binary Install the package: cd ..; dpkg -i pine*.deb pilot*.deb pico*.deb Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
