Bug#123815: bsdgames: uses obsolete, superseded version of BSD license

Jonathan David Amery jdamery at ysolde.ucam.org
Wed Jun 20 11:49:01 UTC 2012


On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Joey Hess wrote:
> > While it might be legal to just remove that part of the several copyrights,
> > I feel it's best to forward this upstream. Maybe you'll want to forward it
> > upstream too..
> 
> I have no recent information about the status of plans for removal of this
> clause in NetBSD (though I am not aware of any current obstacles to its
> removal or plans not to do so) and am awaiting its removal there (from
> UCB-copyright files; I am aware of no plans to remove it from NetBSD
> Foundation copyright files) rather than doing any such removal myself.
> When it is removed upstream, I will follow.

 Upstream appear to have had sufficient time to follow through with this 
licensing correction now and are not demonstrating any intention to correct
their files; so I propose that Debian proceed to remove clause three from the
UCB files rather than continue waiting for the NetBSD calends.

 J.





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