[ /me puts on his XFree86 package maintainer hat ] On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 08:59:32AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > Kdebase also has kdm which includes xdm source. But the Debian > > packaging has kdm in a seperate package. This could be skipped if it's > > felt to be a license issue. > > kdm was derived from xdm, which was not originally GPLed code. I concur. xdm is under the MIT license, which is GPL-compatible. > However, it's good practice to put kdm in a separate package for the > same reason that xdm is in a separate package. It's such a good practice that if you deviate from it I'm likely to come after you with heavy artillery. :) Also, you may want to check over the recently accepted policy proposals regarding X packages. These will impact the KDE packages in a big way. (See <http://bugs.debian.org/debian-policy>.) -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | "Bother," said Pooh, as he was branden@ecn.purdue.edu | assimilated by the Borg. roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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