From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,d0f6c37e3c1b712a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.scarlet.biz!news.scarlet.biz.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:51:40 -0500 From: Ludovic Brenta Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada in Debian: most libraries will switch to the pure GPL in Etch References: <1151405920.523542.137920@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> <873bdpjxwp.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:51:50 +0200 Message-ID: <87veqlkqi1.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:hIcG3FKbaYM+G6kmBnWWu/atAiw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.235.193.201 X-Trace: sv3-NZFYeQ1Td/jIOHF57GAIw/t/7hpqkIxHkqtwKS1lM409VRL2x4gy1O68OfWjbN5PDqiSp/6oQerwrhz!63YqcXIlxWB4Qz+lm4o7zx0xGq3pcqX40CO114XMmFtCUeG3kuM0zG3Bu4Q4XX4g+GuIzsTajK4= X-Complaints-To: abuse@scarlet.be X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@scarlet.biz X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5244 Date: 2006-06-28T21:51:50+02:00 List-Id: Florian Weimer writes: > * Michael Bode: > >> How can any AdaCore software then remain in Debian at all? > > Debian does not check the precise copyright status of most packages. Oh yes, per Policy. > I doubt many authors are willing to provide assurances without proper > compensation, especially if they have incorporated any contributions > from third parties (which can pose legal risks even if you've got > statements in writing to the contrary). So far, Debian has provided a some form of assurances by means of the copyright file shipped with every package, and cryptographically signed by the package maintainer (i.e. myself in the case of Ada packages). -- Ludovic Brenta.