Am 02.04.2014 um 12:37 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org>: > 2014-04-02 9:26 GMT+02:00 Vincent van Ravesteijn: > This is the third time we have to tell you to not create and release an > installer for RC1 if it is not exactly what I released as RC1. > > I hope you take notice of this now. > > I may add that this also probably causes license problems. We violate our own > license. > > ... > So there is also a legal reason why modified binaries contain detailed notes > about the changes to the original source and a different name. It might be > nitpicking, but it could be that we buy problems by releasing patched > binaries without documentation and source (at least in for of diffs). We > might weaken our own position in the case someone willingly infringes the > license if it can be proves that we do not follow the license ourselves. > > I suggest that we put a note to the relevant document for binaries packagers > stating something along this line: > > "Please note that binaries must be build from the released sources. Please do > not build from the GIT repository. Please do not patch the sources for > building. If a patch is absolutely necessary, the patch must be included in > your package as well, and you must give the binary a different version in > order to make clear that this is not 100% identical with the released > sources." > Jürgen
I agree. Stephan
