Hi Nicholas, MR filed: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/mini-httpd/-/merge_requests/2 >Does that link really work? Are you sure it's not this one? I have no idea what automagically happened, somehow the first one worked for me, but now does not. :) Using yours (thanks!). >The copyright info you've written in this version is immensely >improved :) Thanks, it was your patience and help that got me here too :D >Oh man, yeah, hello early days of the internet! All you need now is >some MIDI files and GIFs. Haha, your paragraph makes me want to reinstall DOOM/Starcraft for the nth time now :) >3. Please note which version of NCSA httpd matches mini-httpd. After much diff'ing and vim'ing and staring at #ifdefs and trying to separate Jef's unversioned changes to htpasswd.c from actual NCSA updates: It's 99.999% 1.4.2. I noted that in debian/copyright. I hope everything is in order with my MR. Have a great day and may the Debian swirl girate eternally ! Alexandru Mihail > > > > Portions of htpasswd* were edited by Jef Poskanzer, thus these > > files > > remain under BSD-2-clause. > > The copyright info you've written in this version is immensely > improved :) > > 2. Beyond this, you'll need to add a on every blank line that > > . > > so that the paragraphs in the "Comment" field of the "Files: > htpasswd.c > htpasswd.1" aren't split by an empty newline; they need to remain > part > of the same field. Nagivate to /usr/share/doc/*/copyright for many > examples. > > > NCSA License: > > This code is in the public domain. Specifically, we give to the > > public > > domain all rights for future licensing of the source code, all > > resale > > rights, and all publishing rights. > . > > We ask, but do not require, that the following message be included > > in > > all derived works: > . > > Portions developed at the National Center for Supercomputing > > Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. > . > > THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS GIVES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, > > FOR THE SOFTWARE AND/OR DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT > > LIMITATION, WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR > > A > > PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > > /\ It will look something like that (note the new indented periods) > > > debian-legal thread: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2023/07/msg00001.html > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > Nicholas, I've finally found an "original" copy > > of the httpd 1.5.2 src !! (Mentioned in the text above, it's the > > very > > long WaybackMachine link). > > You have exceptional research skills. > > > After diff'ing the github copy and the > > original .tar.Z (also, haven't seen that format in years), they > > seem to > > match! Thus, I can confirm the github copy is accurate (previously, > > we > > had no authoritative way to trust the github repo). > > Oh man, yeah, hello early days of the internet! All you need now is > some MIDI files and GIFs. > > 3. Please note which version of NCSA httpd matches mini-httpd. > > > > I'm still not certain that this wiki contributor's position is > > > legally > > > sound everywhere in the world. For a counter example see: > > > > > https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/9871/why-is-there-no-public-domain-licensing-in-europe > > > > I've read the link and I share your concerns. I'm a bit lost > > here..maybe another question to legal is the right choice ? > > While I'm not a lawyer, I believe that the approach we're going with > is > more legally defensible around the world than the aspirational public > domain one. BSD-2-clause is also better understood than NCSA as far > as > I know. I'm relieved that work this didn't end up being a pulp novel > situation where someone stumbles onto a dirty rotten secret at the > heart > of the origins of the internet while untangling the roots of a > project > like this one. > > As an aside, the last release that Robert McCool worked on was v1.3, > and > then he left in 1994 [1]. > > > Thanks for your time and may you have a great day, > > You're welcome, you too! Send me that merge request when you have > time. > > > Cheers, > Nicholas > > [1] > https://web.archive.org/web/20090416132804/http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/acknowledgement.html
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