On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 12:51:38AM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> Is a Debian package a derivative work of the original source? I
> think so, the author probably doesn't intend it quite that way - but
> until get get some clarification in writing I think we have to
> interpret it in it's most strict fashion.
I have gotten approval to distribute iozone3 from Don Capps. E-mail is
attached below in the proposed debian/copyright file. I'll ask my
sponsor to upload it.
Debian Copyright File for iozone3
=================================
Upstream Authors: William Norcott <wnorcott@us.oracle.com>,
Don Capps <capps@iozone.org>
Download URL: http://www.iozone.org/src/current/iozone3_120.tar
Debian Packager/Maintainer: Kevin M. Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
Differences from upstream version: None
Upstream Copyright
------------------
Copyright 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001 William D. Norcott
Original Author: William Norcott (wnorcott@us.oracle.com)
4 Dunlap Drive
Nashua, NH 03060
Enhancements: Don Capps (capps@iozone.org)
7417 Crenshaw
Plano, TX 75025
Copyright 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2002 William D. Norcott
License to freely use and distribute this software is hereby granted
by the author, subject to the condition that this copyright notice
remains intact. The author retains the exclusive right to publish
derivative works based on this work, including, but not limited to,
revised versions of this work
Other contributors:
Don Capps (Hewlett Packard) capps@iozone.org
Permission to Distribute Iozone with Debian
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<Mail to wnorcott@us.oracle.com bounced Aug 2, 2002>
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From: "Don Capps" <don.capps2@verizon.net>
To: "Kevin Rosenberg" <kevin@rosenberg.net>
References: <20020802234417.GA17814@rosenberg.net>
Subject: Re: Request permission to distribute iozone3 Debian package
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Kevin,
What you are proposing sounds fine to me. I can't
speak for William nor can I contact him as his email
address is no longer valid and there is no information
available on how to get in contact with him.
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Current text in Iozone:
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Copyright 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2002 William D. Norcott
License to freely use and distribute this software is hereby granted
by the author, subject to the condition that this copyright notice
remains intact. The author retains the exclusive right to publish
derivative works based on this work, including, but not limited to
revised versions of this work.
------------------------
The last time I spoke with Norcott I asked him about the intent
of the license. He indicated that anyone could use it and distribute
it for free. The idea of the later sentence was to protect Iozone
so that if someone modified it, the original author would still
have the right to publish future works that included any additions
that anyone might have made. And, that all of the code that is
in Iozone could be used by the original author in other projects
that may or may not be freeware. Iozone's code is intended to
be freely available. It would not be in the spirit of the license
for someone to take the code out of Iozone, repackage it
into a commercial package, re-license it or patent it, and then
prevent the original author of Iozone from using his own code.
I can't see how your proposal would be a problem
as you are not making changes and you are keeping the
original license text intact. You are not selling it or making
any claims that would prevent the authors of Iozone from
continuing their development. Seems like it is perfectly
reasonable and well within the spirit of the license.
Note: Mandrake is already distributing Iozone, and there
are RedHat rpms for it. So this would certainly not
be a ground breaking activity.
Should you ever find the need to modify Iozone, please
let me know of your changes and I will work with you
to ensure that your changes are merged into the Iozone
source base. This will help your users keep up to date and
will reduce the merging activity that you would need to
perform as future release of Iozone become available.
Please be sure to pick up the most recent version of Iozone
for your distribution. Iozone is available on
http://www.iozone.org
Enjoy,
Don Capps
P.S. If you ever find Norcott please let me know. The
last time I lost contact with him it was almost 8 years
before I found him again. Norcott has not touched Iozone
for almost 10 years, and the only original lines in
the current version of Iozone, from his original work,
are the Copyright and license statement. :-) He was
pleased with the direction that Iozone has taken but
is not participating in any Iozone development.
----- Original Message -----
From kevin@rosenberg.net Fri Aug 2 17:44:17 2002
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 17:44:17 -0600
From: Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
To: capps@iozone.org, wnorcott@us.oracle.com
Subject: Request permission to distribute iozone3 Debian package
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Hello Don and William,
I am interested in distributing iozone3 in the non-free section of
Debian. According to your license, distribution of derivations is
forbidden.
I'm interested in "packaging" iozone3 in Debian in the non-free
section. This will not involve any source code changes. However, in
the most strict (i.e. safest) sense, a Debian package is a derivation
of the original since it involves combining the original with extra
information as well as lossless compression.
Thus, I seek your written permission via e-mail to distribute a Debian
package of the unmodified source code and also a Debian package of the
pre-compiled binary. Your copyright statement, as in all Debian
packages, would be included in the package.
Thanks for your consideration and your valuable tool,
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