> On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > > You can't re-distribute dirivative works. That's key because an official > > Debian package would require a slightly modified binary in order to comply > > with the Debian filesystem guidelines. You can modify it for LOCAL USE, > > in which case you need to append L to the version number. Making > > something available for download on the internet hardly constitues local > > use.
I hope I'm not resurrecting a very old and too-often-discussed issue, but I was wondering if someone could tell me the specifics. What is it exactly that requires a compliant Debian-released Pine to be a "derivative work"? Are there changes to file locations that can't be handled with a "configure" parameter?
