On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 10:24:44AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > Side note: while researching this further, I discovered that the xinetd > license requires keeping the original version number and only appending > new numbers: > > > 1. The version number will be modified as follows: > > a. The first 3 components of the version number > > (i.e <number>.<number>.<number>) will remain unchanged. > > b. A new component will be appended to the version number to > > indicate the modification level. The form of this component > > is up to the author of the modifications. > > While DFSG4 does allow licenses that "require derived works to carry a > different name or version number from the original software", this seems > to go much further than that, since it requires keeping the original > version number. There is a note in the license file giving the current > upstream maintainer an exception, but that does not change the > requirement for other distributors. I agree; this goes too far even for DFSG #4. xinetd maintainer(s), can you contact upstream and see if this license term can be modified? DFSG #4 permits the license holder to insist that any human-readable self-identification that the Work does be altered to denote its modified status, but specifying the exact form of the change asks a little too much. I propose the following term instead: 1. Modified forms of the work must carry a clear and unambiguous notice that they are modified in versioning information intended for human interpretation. For example, the first 3 components of the version information (i.e., <number>.<number>.<number>) may remain unchanged, while a new component is appended to indicate a modification level. Entitling the modified form with a clearly distinct name, or a prominent notice that the work was modified, also satisfies this requirement. Machine-interpreted versioning or interface information is not bound by this requirement. Would you like a bug report opened against the xinetd package about this? -- G. Branden Robinson | Nixon was so crooked that he needed Debian GNU/Linux | servants to help him screw his branden@debian.org | pants on every morning. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Hunter S. Thompson
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