Re: Packaging xphoon
On 21 Nov 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org> writes:
> > On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, David Frey wrote:
> > > 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...."
> ^^^^^^
Yes, you can distribute it, and yes, you can modify it. But
can you distribute a modified package?
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Juan Cespedes
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