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W dniu czw, 07.09.2017 o godzinie 16∶42 -0400, użytkownik Rich Freeman |
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> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 4:36 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> > W dniu czw, 07.09.2017 o godzinie 06∶21 -0700, użytkownik Rich Freeman |
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> > napisał: |
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> > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 6:04 AM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > > > > > > > On Thu, 7 Sep 2017, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Don't you think there is a difference between downloading a package |
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> > > > that has a known upstream and that is also carried by other distros, |
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> > > > and downloading a license-less package from a random location on the |
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> > > > internet? |
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> > > |
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> > > Most upstreams do not do much checking about the ownership of their sources. |
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> > > |
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> > > Gentoo certainly doesn't - we don't even require developers to submit a DCO. |
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> > > |
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> > > Other projects like the Linux kernel require signing a DCO for each |
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> > > commit, but do not do any checking beyond this. I have no doubt that |
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> > > they would remove offending sources if they were contacted, but they |
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> > > do not actively go out and confirm authorship. |
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> > > |
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> > > > |
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> > > > > > The package in question doesn't come with any license though, which |
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> > > > > > means that only the copyright holder has the right to distribute |
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> > > > > > it. So I believe that some extra care is justified, especially when |
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> > > > > > the upstream location of the distfile has changed. |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > Why? We don't redistribute anything that is copyrighted. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Users download the file, and I think that we are responsible to have |
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> > > > only such SRC_URIs in our ebuilds from where they can obtain the |
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> > > > package without being exposed to potential legal issues. |
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> > > |
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> > > I'm not aware of any court rulings that have found downloading |
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> > > something like this to be illegal. |
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> > > |
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> > > > > Perhaps if we want to enforce a policy like this we should take the |
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> > > > > time to actually write the policy down. As far as I can tell Gentoo |
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> > > > > has no such policy currently. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > The old Games Ebuild Howto [1] has this: |
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> > > > > LICENSE |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > The license is an important point in your ebuild. It is also a |
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> > > > > common place for making mistakes. Try to check the license on any |
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> > > > > ebuild that you submit. Often times, the license will be in a |
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> > > > > COPYING file, distributed in the package's tarball. If the license |
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> > > > > is not readily apparent, try contacting the authors of the package |
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> > > > > for clarification. [...] |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I propose to add the paragraph above to the devmanual's licenses |
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> > > > section. |
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> > > |
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> > > We already know there isn't a license for redistribution. This |
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> > > doesn't speak about requiring us to ensure that those distributing our |
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> > > source files have the rights to do so. It merely says to check the |
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> > > license. We understand the license already. I don't see how this |
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> > > paragraph pertains to this situation. |
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> > AFAIK you're a developer. So if you want to keep this package, then |
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> > please do the needful and take care of it yourself instead of |
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> > complaining and demanding others to do the work you want done. |
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> Are you saying it is sufficient to just point the SRC_URI at the new |
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> URL and remove the mask? As far as I can tell that is all that needs |
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> to be done. Per the policy the license is readily apparent, so there |
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> is no need to contact the authors. |
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I don't know what is sufficient. It's your business as the new |
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maintainer to figure it out and take the responsibility. If there's |
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nobody willing to do that, then we don't get to keep the package. Simple |
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as that. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |