Re: Hello

[Helen Faulkner <helen@debian.org>]

Thomas Weber wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
>>>http://root.cern.ch/root/License.html
>>>Imagine your are the package maintainer -- do you really want to ask the
>>>upstream authors for every typing error you fix in the documentation?
>>
>>I am far from expert at licenses, but it seems to me that the phrasing "Users of
>>the software are asked to feed back problems, benefits, and/or suggestions about
>>the software to the ROOT Development Team" doesn't actually force people who
>>make changes to the software back to the ROOT people. 
> 
> I was referring to 
> "Additionally, the authors grant permission to modify this software and
> its documentation for any purpose, provided that such modifications are
> not distributed without the explicit consent of the authors and that
> existing copyright notices are retained in all copies."
> 
> So you need to get the consent for any modification.

You are absolutely right.  I should know better than to wake up early in the
morning and try to make intelligent comments to mailing lists :)

Helen