Re: tomboy-ng package with non standard license.
- To: David Bannon <dbannon@internode.on.net>
- Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: tomboy-ng package with non standard license.
- From: Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org>
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 17:16:14 +0200
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On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 09:10:23AM +1000, David Bannon wrote:
> I thank you for that Tobias, a positive move !
>
> However, I don't believe it will help. I think TK is concerned about
> conventional licenses allowing someone to remove his name from the
> package, ship it as its own. Near as I can tell, thats permitted if some
> changes are made. Happened to me...
>
> It comes down to what you are actually copyrigth-ing, the syntax, the
> overall structure, solving a problem in a particular way ......
>
> I accept that, believe in the open source world, thats how it should be.
> TK does not.
>
> Thanks for you help.
That's something: https://github.com/kryslt/KControls/issues/29
David, probably now would be the perfect moment to provide TK with an PR
to change e.g to BSD and CC0 the remaining ones…
Cheers,
--
tobi
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