Bug#673541: mysql-5.5: source tarball contains Docs/mysql.info which is not DFSG
On Sat, 19 May 2012, Nicholas Bamber wrote:
> On 19/05/12 21:59, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >On Sat, 19 May 2012, Nicholas Bamber wrote:
> >
> >> Now it seems that at some point I directly downloaded from upstream
> >>and that
> >>it is this tarball that has been uploaded with 5.5.23-2.
> >
> >thanks for your report. For snapshot, can you tell me if that file is
> >at least distributable, even if not DFSG-free?
> >
> >Cheers,
>
> Peter,
> The license is here for now: http://paste.debian.net/170119/. I
> hope to raise a fix asap which should make the issue moot.
You can't fix snapshot that way. And linking to a paste on the BTS is a
bad idea. It means your message is useless in a couple hours.
Also, it did not really answer my question. Do you know if mysql.info
is redistributable? I think the text you pasted suggested that, but I
am not sure.
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