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Re: Bug#131997 acknowledged by developer (Bug#131997: fixed in glut 3.7-12)



Apparently, the maintainer of Glut hasn't been changed yet.
So I'll cc you directly. (Sorry for the extra copies, James.)

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 02:41:21PM -0600, David Starner wrote:
> reopen 131997
> thanks
> 
> >    * GLUT headers and examples are actually DFSG free,
> >      see debian/copyright (Closes: #131997)
> 
> The headers say
> 
> /* Copyright (c) Mark J. Kilgard, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998. */
> 
> /* This program is freely distributable without licensing fees  and is
>    provided without guarantee or warrantee expressed or  implied. This
>    program is -not- in the public domain. */
> 
> and debian/copyright says
> 
>   NOTICE:  The OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) distribution contains source
>   code published in a book titled "Programming OpenGL for the X Window
>   System" (ISBN: 0-201-48359-9) published by Addison-Wesley.  The
>   programs and associated files contained in the distribution were
>   developed by Mark J. Kilgard and are Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 by Mark
>   J. Kilgard (unless otherwise noted).  The programs are not in the
>   public domain, but they are freely distributable without licensing
>   fees.  These programs are provided without guarantee or warrantee
>   expressed or implied.
> .
> 
> That's not a DFSG-free license - there's no right to modify given. I've
> been told that the author basically means the X11 license, but if so,
> then he needs to state that, and that needs to be included in the
> package.
> 
> -- 
> David Starner / Давид Старнзр - starner@okstate.edu
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> 
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David Starner / Давид Старнзр - starner@okstate.edu
Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org
What we've got is a blue-light special on truth. It's the hottest thing 
with the youth. -- Information Society, "Peace and Love, Inc."



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