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On Saturday 12 May 2007, Matti Bickel wrote: |
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> recently, there's been some worries about the changes and new |
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> requirements the ion upstream, tuomov, put forth in a new LICENSE for |
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> ion-3. It's main additions are a "timely response clause", which |
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> requires us to get the same keywords for a newly released version as the |
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> previous had within 28 days. Another point is the "no patches" clause, |
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> which prohibits distributions from carrying a "significantly modified" |
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> ion-3 release under the ion name. |
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i'd just rename the package to whatever Debian uses |
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or punt it completely with a masking reason: |
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# upstream is braindead, ask them to get a transplant |
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-mike |
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