Remove RFC 2229 from mozart source?

Raphael Collet raph at info.ucl.ac.be
Tue Oct 17 08:50:24 CEST 2006


Kevin,

Your proposal sounds fine to me.  I see no reason to fight for this file 
to be kept in the sources.

Cheers,
raph


Kevin Glynn wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> We ship RFC 2229 with the source of Mozart (with the DictClient
> demo). RFC 2229 is released with the standard IETF copyright for RFCs
> which does allow the file to be redistributed. 
> 
> However, it is not free according to the Debian Free Software
> Guidelines because it has restrictions on allowed modifications:
> 
>    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=393399
> 
> For Debian I will have to repackage the mozart source leaving out that
> file and make a new release.
> 
> I wonder if anyone objects to replacing the file in the Mozart source
> with a README file that explains where to find rfc 2229? Then I can
> resync with mozart source at the next mozart release.
> 
> Let me know what you think.
> 
> cheers
> k
> 
>  
> 




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