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Re: License statement of the debconf specification



Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 10:45:39AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Russ Allbery wrote:
> > >      3. Neither the name of the Debian Project nor the names of its
> > >         contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
> > >         this software without specific prior written permission.
> > Clause 3 is the advertising clause, isn't it? The license statement explicitly
> > says without that clause. So, the license in debconf's own copyright
> > file would seem most appropriate.
> 
> Nope. Clause 3 of the original BSD license is the advertising clause:
> 
> | All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
> | must display the following acknowledgement: “This product includes
> | software developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its
> | contributors.”

Ah right. Anyway, I'd prefer the debconf version of the license,
especially since clause 3 is fairly no-op in the context of a
specification.

-- 
see shy jo

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