Re: Packaging xphoon
>From an old thread:
> > > > 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?
David Frey <david@eos.lugs.ch> wrote, about a week ago:
> > Why do you think that this is not possible?
Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org> wrote about a week ago:
> Because it's not clearly stated in the copyright. That
> statement means:
> 1.- Permission to use.
> 2.- Permission to copy.
> 3.- Permission to modify.
> 4.- Permission to distribute.
> All of these points refer to `this software and its documentation'.
> It's not stated anywhere that the modifications still have the same
> license. But I may be wrong...
For this interpretation, I would expect to see "Permission to use, copy,
modify, OR distribute". Also, Juan's interpretation leads to bogosities
like 'not being allowed to use the modified version' being the author's
intent.
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Raul
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