Dear Daniel, Several months ago I sent you an email about the license of transset-df and its appropriateness for inclusion in Debian GNU/Linux. In response to that email, you said the following: > The usage agreements are stated in the source code files. When I first > released transset-df I decided to keep the same kind of "license" agreement > as the original transset. The original code simply has a comment that says > "Use however you want" and I have kept that note throughout all the > releases. My interpretation of that is that it is "public domain", there are > no restrictions at all on copying, modifying, selling or even releasing > under a new license etc. So given that there are no restrictions at all I > can't see how that can be incompatible with debian. Let me know if you run > into any problems with that and I can consider making a re-release with some > clearer license text. I think this is a perfectly accurate assessment of the license status of transset-df. However, I would appreciate it if you could "formally" confirm that Debian GNU/Linux can distribute transset-df under the terms of the MIT License [0], which is what the rest of the X.org files included in the package are licensed under. There is no need for a re-release; I would just appreciate email confirmation that this is fine with you. I have Cc'd the bug report in this email, and I would also appreciate it if you could keep it Cc'd in replies. I apologize for taking so long to send this follow-up--the issue slipped my mind until I was looking at some license issues with another package yesterday. By the way, I have attached a manpage that I wrote for transset-df, in case you want it. It just documents the command line options of transset-df. Have a nice day, Daniel [0] http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php -- Daniel Moerner <dmoerner@gmail.com>
Attachment:
transset-df.1
Description: Binary data