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Bug#78209: is there any broadcast 2000 package coming?



On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 02:16:18PM +0100, Noel Koethe wrote:

> On Mon, 03 Dez 2001, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 
> > > Is there anybody working on the package?  If yes. When it will be
> > > uploaded?
> > 
> > What is the point of packaging a project which has already been
> > abandoned?  Perhaps if someone else were to take over maintenance, it
> > would make sense.
> 
> Maybe there is the last GPL version available and this could be packaged
> because someone may want to use it.  If not then this bug shuld be
> closed.:)

If the author was not willing to take the legal risks associated with it, it
is doubtful that Debian or SPI is in a position to do so.  This will
probably have to wait until the legal situation is clarified.

-- 
 - mdz



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