Bug#288655: Opinions on "Paul Hsieh derivative license"

[Don Armstrong <don@debian.org>]

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007, Paul Cager wrote:
> >       The content may not be modified via excerpt or otherwise
> >     with the exception of additional citations such as described
> >     above without prior consent of Paul Hsieh.

This seems to disallow modification, which is decidedly not DFSG free.

Suggest that the authors reimplement the hash function or use a
pre-existing free alternative.


Don Armstrong

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