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Re: ad hoc license: is it DFSG-conformant ?



On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 14:14:44 +0100 (CET)
Thorsten Alteholz <alteholz@debian.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Sat, 12 Mar 2016, Riley Baird wrote:
> 
> >> Please let me know if would be good idea to contact the upstream team to clarify their Copyright.
> >
> > I know you were asking Ben, but really, I'd say that it isn't worth the
> > effort. Try submitting the package to the archive, and if the FTP
> > masters reject it, you can deal with the problem then.
> 
> hmm, talking to upstream is always a good idea.

True, but upstream just changed their license so that it would be free
software. Unless there is a serious defect in the license, then I don't
think that we should bother them again.

> The time of the ftpteam is always limited. So if I had to review the 
> package, I would be glad if all issues had been resolved before.

Fair point. We'll try with the best of our collective ability to do so.

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