On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 02:08:04PM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > * Package name : rpmstrap > Version : 0.5 > * URL : http://hackers.progeny.com/~sam/rpmstrap/ > * License : GPL > Description : bootstrap a basic RPM-based system > > rpmstrap is a tool for bootstrapping a basic RPM-based system. It is inspired > by debootstrap, and allows you to build chroots and basic systems from RPM > sources.
Looking at the source it seems more "based on" than "inspired by", particular to "rpmstrap" itself, though the "functions" and "scripts/*" files sure seem more derivative than just coincidently similar. If so, it's in violation of debootstrap's license (by not including debootstrap's copyright text), and it seems fairly rude to relicense it from debootstrap's BSD-ish license to GPLv2+, not to mention expunging my name and copyright notice from the source, and for that matter all references to debootstrap. Removing the copyright's a license violation, and presumably renders the program undistributable and unpackagable, afaics. At least Bastian Blank's cdebootstrap was written from scratch to justify its different license and lack of recognition. Colour me unimpressed. Cheers, aj
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