Bug#81708: flash.deb?
On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 08:02:32PM +0100, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 01:52:18PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> >
> > I just checked the latest mozilla-cvs source package (dated 20020113)
> > and that file was still under the MPL. What's worse, the version in the
> > flash plugin has the copyright notice removed(!), so it probably isn't
> > legal even if the Mozilla version is relicensed under the GPL. I'm
> > pretty sure that copyright law prohibits removing others' copyright
> > notices from a work.
>
> If you replace the npunix.c file with the one from Mozilla, I think you'll
> be fine or am I missing something obvious here?
Well, if the files were taken from the plugin SDK, and Netscape later
released the same files under a different license, I assume it would be OK
to use the pristine upstream source. However, since there is no copyright
in npunix.c, it would have to be replaced and repackaged. So even without
the GPL/NPL/all-rights-reserved mess, it's still illegal to build and use
this program as-is.
If the licensing situation is sorted out, I'll package it up, but I have no
interest in taking over upstream maintainership of this package, and the
author seems to have moved on to other things. So folks who are interested
in using this software should solicit for a new upstream maintainer for it.
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- mdz
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