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Bug#180308: Debian GNU/Linux kphone package



Mark,

we have a new 3.01 version of KPhone out. We've included the comment
regarding OpenSSL to the README file - I hope it's ok this way.

Kiitos sinulle (thanks to you),
Mika


On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 14:08, Mark Purcell wrote:
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> Hi Mika & Pekka,
> 
> I have taken over the Debian GNU/Linux packaging of kphone from Barak and have 
> made some preliminary packages available at http://people.debian.org/~msp.
> 
> On closer inspection of your code I see that kphone links in openssl, which in 
> itself isn't a problem but as you have released kphone under the GPL we need 
> to ensure that all legal aspects have been covered and openssl/ GPL proves an 
> interesting combination.
> 
> http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.cgi#LEGAL2
> 
> Prior to kphone being accepted in the main Debian GNU/Linux archive we need to 
> get the licence for kphone resolved so that Debian can legally redistribute 
> binary versions of your application.
> 
> The simplest way, and a similar approach I have taken with other packages I 
> maintain <http://bugs.debian.org/147430>, is for you to include the following 
> disclaimer with your package. (Provided of course you are happy with the 
> statement)
> 
> "This program is released under the GPL with the additional exemption that 
> compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed." 
> 
> You might like to include that statement in the README file for the next 
> release, but in the interium if you are happy to provide that statement via 
> email (to 180308@bugs.debian.org, where it will be held on record) then I can 
> get kphone uploaded to the Debian archive immedately.
> 
> Kittos,
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Subject: PS
> Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 21:06
> From: Barak Pearlmutter <bap@cs.unm.edu>
> To: Mark Purcell <msp@debian.org>
> 
> Please do me a favor and contact mika.mustikkamaki@wirlab.net and let
> him know that you've taken it over.  (My earlier communication with
> him is below.)
> 
> He also mentions the person who actually hacks on the code; might be
> good to introduce yourself to him as well.
> 
> Thanks for doing kphone,
> 
> 					--Barak.
> 
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>   Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 08:30:11 +0200
>   From: Mika Mustikkamaki <mika.mustikkamaki@wirlab.net>
>   To: bap@cs.unm.edu
>   Subject: Re: debian package kphone.deb
>   In-Reply-To: <E18gVto-0002Of-00@snot.cs.unm.edu>
> 
>   Hi Barak!
> 
>   Your proposition is more than welcome!! We've been looking for someone
>   to work with the Debian packages for some time now... actually we are
>   also looking for RedHat rpm's but I'll leave that to someone else, then ;-)
> 
>   If you could email me your deb-package too after you have it finished -
>   I'd be more than eager to upload it to KPhone's source distribution web
>   page. If you have any questions regarding KPhone itself (code-wise),
>   please contact Pekka Raisio (pekka.raisio@wirlab.net). He's the one who
>   primarily develops KPhone here.
> 
>   Best regards,
>   Mika
> 
>   --
>   Mika Mustikkamaki
>   Wirlab - Research Center
>   E-Mail: mika.mustikkamaki@wirlab.net
> 
>   Barak Pearlmutter wrote:
>   > Hi, I've just moved from New Mexico is Ireland and will spend hours on
>   > the phone each day with collaborators, so I'm getting into VoIP for
>   > our own needs, and will be a kphone user.
>   >
>   > I'm also a Debian developer.  Would you kphone folks like me to
>   > package kphone and upload it to the Debian archive?  I'm going to
>   > create a kphone.deb for our own use anyway, so it wouldn't be much
>   > extra trouble.
>   >
>   > (Of course, if someone else has already created such a package please
>   > let me know.)
>   >
>   > 					--BAP.
>   > --
>   > Barak A. Pearlmutter
>   >  Hamilton Institute, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland,
>   > http://www-bcl.cs.unm.edu/
> 
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