Re: Bug#181493: SUN RPC code is DFSG-free
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 22:10:10 +0300, Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl> said:
> On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 11:31:19AM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
>> Yeah, because there is *no* difference whatsoever between:
>>
>> "We're sorry, upstream did not make clear to us the full licensing
>> terms of their software. Now that we have found out, we've fixed it
>> as quickly as possible." and "Yeah, upstream didn't tell us
>> before, so we shipped it then and since we did before, we're just
>> going to ignore our principles and ship it for another two
>> years. Hope you don't mind! If you do, either write a free
>> replacement or 'shut the fuck up.'"
>>
>> Oh, and there is a legal difference between unknowingly infringing
>> on a copyright and knowingly infringing on one.
> You do realize that all stable releases are archived? Once a
> package is out in a stable release, we don't ever stop distributing
> it. And since this code is already in the current stable release,
> making a new one with the same code does indeed not intensify the
> problem.
I think you are mixing up "archived copy of old releases" and
"releasing". Releasing a copy of Debian is an act that carries some
weight; and there are large numbers of people who wait for a release,
and we have a reputation for ethics that I would not like to see
tarnished for the merely sake of meeting a release date.
manoj
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