Re: upstream author asks not to do a package
On Sun, Aug 31, 1997 at 10:47:04PM +0200, joost witteveen wrote:
> > Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > > I expressed interest in doing a package of a particular product
> > > to the author, and he asked me not to do a package, but
>
> [..]
> > As a maintainer, I wouldn't go against his requests -- unless the package
> > was a fairly important one. Even then, I'd try to get approval.
>
> But I've actually never (as far as I remember, anyway) asked the
> upstream maintainer! Usually the copyright was GPL, so why bother
> asking? It _could_ be argued that the only thing Hamish did
> wrong was asking... (although I don't know what copyright
> the package he wanted actually had).
I don't the the license is the problem;
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It's strange, and I still don't have a reason. I didn't
so much ask, as just to mention it in passing when I was
asking for help on something.
Hamish
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