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Bug#88416: ITP: snooper: author's clarification re. DFSG



I'll include his message in the copyright file; he doesn't
want to release a new .tar.gz ...

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>My name is David Coe, and I'm one of the Debian (www.debian.org)
>GNU/Linux maintainers.
>
>I've recently taken over responsibility for the Debian package of your
>"camediaplay" and would also like to package your "snooper" program.
>
>Both of these programs contain very brief copyright/license statements
>in their README files, and Debian must be very careful that we don't
>claim a software package is free (as in "freedom") if that is not what
>you intended.
>
>Having read your web site and resume, I suspect you agree with the
>Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG -- available in many languages
>at http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines ).  If that is
>true, would you reply confirming that fact, or (perhaps better for us
>both) would you include a statement in your programs' licenses
>granting the rights described in the DFSG?

	thanks for checking.  for the above software packages,
	i'm okay with DFSG.  I don't really work on the programs any more,
	and I do not really plan to ship a new tar.gz kit.

itojun


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