Fwd: Fwd: Comments regarding castor_1.3.1-1_amd64.changes

[Alexander Reichle-Schmehl]

[ Adding Werner Guttmann to CC list; makes it easier ]

Hi!

Thanks for the explanation, however I still don't understand that
license clause.  Sorry, if its meaning is clear to everyone else, but as
a non native English speaker without deeper jurisdical knowledge, I just
don't know what this clause means for us, the Debian Project.

Do we comply with it, by mentioning it on the copyright file (which
get's installed if the binary package (.deb) is installed) and wich is
also accessible via our web front ends summarizing package information?
 I guess so, but I would like to be sure.

Best regards,
  Alexander


Am 14.07.2010 23:22, schrieb Miguel Landaeta:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Werner Guttmann <werner.guttmann at gmx.net>
> Date: Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Comments regarding castor_1.3.1-1_amd64.changes
> To: Miguel Landaeta <miguel at miguel.cc>
> 
> 
> Hi Miguel,
> 
> I am not sure I can answer this question completely. Let me explain
> the context a bit.
> 
> Castor was initially developed by a company named 'Intalio', and
> subsequently released as open source with a BSD-style license.
> 
> In the early years after 2000, more and more employees of Intalio quit
> their job, and as far as I know, Intalio sort of vanished.
> 
> Myself and a few other committers at that time decided that any new
> code contributed should carry an Apache license.
> 
> I assume that this explanation doesn't really address your question,
> but I could offer to have a word with a contact at Intalio (yes, the
> company seems to have been resurrected, but with a completely
> different business focus).
> 
> Let me know whether I should go about this.
> 
> Regards
> Werner
> 
> On 14.07.2010 17:47, Miguel Landaeta wrote:
>>
>> Hi Werner,
>>
>> I am the maintainer of Castor package in Debian.
>>
>> I already prepared a package and it is almost ready to be included
>> officially in the distribution, but before this can happen our FTP
>> administrators must approve the package.
>>
>> Right now, they have a question about Castor license,
>> so I'm including below their message with that question. It would
>> be appreciated if you can clarify that.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your attention,
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Alexander Reichle-Schmehl<ftpmaster at debian.org>
>> Date: Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:28 AM
>> Subject: Comments regarding castor_1.3.1-1_amd64.changes
>> To: Miguel Landaeta<miguel at miguel.cc>, Debian Java Maintainers
>> <pkg-java-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>
>> Cc: Archive Administrator<installer at ftp-master.debian.org>
>>
>>
>> Hi maintainers!
>>
>> Regarding the licens of your package "castor", could you please
>> clarify, what the following clause exactly means?
>>
>>> 5. Due credit should be given to the ExoLab Project
>>>    (http://www.exolab.org/).
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>  Alexander
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
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