From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: MJ Ray Subject: Re: Fwd: reiser4 non-free? Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:34:03 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4092404B.1080108@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Pantomime 1.1.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <4092404B.1080108@namesys.com> List-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Hans Reiser Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com, Domenico Andreoli On 2004-04-30 13:02:19 +0100 Hans Reiser wrote: > It is a pity that Debian and Suse historically silently cut the > attributions I think you will find that Debian would leave the copyright attribution notices, warranty disclaimer and statement of licence. Doing otherwise is a bug and can be dealt with simply. Sadly, your "invariant section"-inspired changes to the GPL cause other problems, which seem similar to combining an ad-clause licence with the GPL. > [...] rather than engaging us in a > dialogue about them first, thus inspiring the current license. Maybe it could have been handled better, but you didn't seem to engage in a dialogue on the banner removal before publicly accusing debian of intentional plagiarism, so it's not entirely a debian communication failure. > [...] You the distros created the need for less free > licensing by your behavior, frankly. There is no need for less free licensing. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ for creative copyleft computing