[DRE-maint] ruby-pdf-reader_0.10.0+real-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Antonio Terceiro]

Luca Falavigna escreveu isso aí:
> Il 14/09/2011 22:48, Cédric Boutillier ha scritto:
> > The license has two paragraphs, and authorizes distribution in one of
> > the two following cases:
> > 
> > *either: you are not allowed to modify and keep the same license and
> > copyright assignment (that is the clause you mention)
> > 
> > *or: you can modify, edit, alter, but in that case, provided you do not
> > mention it comes from the initial file.
> 
> Let's quote the important bits here:
> 
> ========================================================================
> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
> copy of this documentation file, to create their own derivative works
> from the content of this document to use, copy, publish, distribute,
> sublicense, and/or sell the derivative works, and to permit others to do
> the same, provided that the derived work is not represented as being a
> copy or version of this document.
> ========================================================================
> 
> The last sentence states you can create your derivative work provided
> it's a derivative work, and it doesn't have to be a copy of the original
> work. Beside the fact this is a bad written clause, problem still stands
> because this file seems a verbatim copy of the original work, thus
> falling into first paragraph.

Bad wording, indeed.

But it can still be modifed if needed, provided that who modifies it
does the modifications in a way that complies with the license.

In the same way that if you modify GPL-licensed source your modified
version must "carry prominent notices stating that you modified it, and
giving a relevant date", if you modify these sources you have to do this
and that - but for now, we did not modify it.

> Is this file really required, or can it be safely removed? If not, I'm
> not sure how to proceed, perhaps asking upstream to remove license
> notice would fit the clauses listed in the second paragraph.

It is required to the operation of the library.

-- 
Antonio Terceiro <terceiro at debian.org>
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