Re: [Gnewsense-dev] mesa 7.0.3 rc2 - some files licenses

[Robert Millan]

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 07:48:49PM +0100, Sam Geeraerts wrote:
> Robert Millan schreef:
>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 07:04:43PM +0000, Marco Oliva wrote:
>>> http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00365
>>
>> His newest copyright assertion dates from 1998.  His mail is from 2002.
>> The license in headers needs updating with a quote from Mark's email.
>> Just reopen the bug in Debian so they update the file and clarify this.
>>
>> Even without the clarification, I believe debian/copyright (which is what
>> we point users to for licensing information) has the right license (please
>> check).
>
> The Debian bug report was about the glut package, and its  
> debian/copyright file was updated with the "Yes, that's fine" statement.  
> Our bug report is about the mesa package, which at first glance seems to  
> contain much of the same code. However, its debian/copyright doesn't  
> contain the statement. It just says "Mark's license" for the GLUT part.
>
> Anyway, I've sent an email to address@hidden about it.

Oh, I missunderstood.  Then I guess someone should file a bug in Debian?

Please don't get the impression that Debian ignores all licensing-related
bug reports, it depends on a lot of factors whether they're ignored or not.

-- 
Robert Millan

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