Re: Packaging xphoon

[Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>]

Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org> writes:
> On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, David Frey wrote:
> > I've packaged xphoon and I'm going to upload it.
> > Are there any objections?
> > The copyright is BSD-like:
> > 
> >  Copyright (C) 1988, 1991 by Jef Poskanzer and Craig Leres.
> > 
> >  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 that
> >  copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
> >  documentation.  This software is provided "as is" without express or
> >  implied warranty.
> 
> 	If that's all the copyright, then I think it's not DFSG free.
> It fails #3 and #4 (it does not mention the right to modify it).

Huh?  "Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute...."
                                ^^^^^^
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Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu> <blp@gnu.org> <pfaffben@debian.org>


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