I understand the licensing situation, and thanks for taking time to ensure that. But googling for synaptics gpl is enough to show that the licensing has caused problems outside of debian as well. My original program was a stand-alone configuration utility which had no relation to X, and the GPL was appropriate for that. Now that people have used it to create patches against X (inheriting my original GPL license in the process), relicensing would make (my contributions at least) more useful to more people --- which is, after all, the goal! --scott
[I haven't seen debian's version of the synaptics patch, but as far as I can tell from the code on http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html my contributions are limited to the file named ps2comm.c. I am named twice in the file. If you add the following text to that file in your patch and send it by me, I will sign off on it: In addition to the license granted under the GPL, portions copyrighted by C. Scott Ananian may also be distributed under the following conditions: (c) 1997 C. Scott Ananian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice and warranty disclaimer appear in supporting documentation, and that the names of the authors or their employers not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission. The authors and their employers disclaim all warranties with regard to this software, including all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall the authors or their employers be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this software. ] D5 SLBM shotgun security operation Diplomat Indonesia NSA BATF Sigint Columbia RNC postcard Milosevic Peking Soviet Justice Serbian arrangements ( http://cscott.net/ ) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
