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Re: Packaging xphoon



On Sat, Nov 22 1997 18:02 +0100 Juan Cespedes writes:
> 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, p
rovided
> > > >  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?

Why do you think that this is not possible?

David



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