On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 03:03:52PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 06:49:11AM +0000, Brian M. Carlson wrote: > > Package: ssh > > Version: 1:3.6.1p2-8 > > Severity: serious > > > > The Internet-Draft in /usr/share/doc/ssh/RFC.gz is lacking a license. > > Therefore, we cannot distribute it. > > "The distribution of this memo is unlimited." I apologize; I was imprecise. We cannot distribute it in main, because it lacks a license. Therefore, there is no license for it that complies with the DFSG. Distribution in non-free might be acceptable. > > It should be removed from the package and a new package should be > > uploaded immediately. > > We're generally not worrying about documentation licences too much until > sarge+1. This is a point of contention on -legal. Many of the regulars feel that it is wrong to ignore the DFSG. > I will not be uploading a new package immediately because the > RFC needs to be removed from the .orig.tar.gz, and since openssh is what > it is and has cryptographic signatures for its source tarball > distributed by upstream, I would rather consult them first. That's fine. Please leave the bug open while you do, though. -- Brian M. Carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> 0x560553e7 "Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all." --Douglas Adams
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