[gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 12, Issue 31

[Chris Andrew]

Great result.  Well done!

Cheers,

Chris.

On 30/09/2007, Peter Rock <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all, Kevin and Chris. Thanks very much for your suggestions and
> information regarding the "elilo-installer" package. I contacted
> debian legal and the maintainers. It appears as though the copyright
> notice being absent was an oversight. Several developers responded
> stating that they have no problem with the package being under GPLv2.
> Another stated that it was derived from lilo which is under the GPL.
> My understanding is that any discussion as to how the developers feel
> like licensing elilo-installer is then irrelevant. If it is derived
> from GPL code, then it too must be GPL.
>
> For now, I have marked the package free and under "GPLv2" but noted
> that the license was missing due to an oversight.
>
> Thanks again for teaching me. :)
>
> > From: "Kevin M. Dean" <address@hidden>
> > Subject: Re: [gNewSense-users] Teach Me
> > To: Peter Rock <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden
> >
> > Interesting catch. :)
> >
> > Debian packages contain a few things. The first is a set of text files
> > that give information on the package (dependancies, package maintainer,
> > conflicts and so on) and contain basic information on how to compile and
> > install the package. This is the "control" aspect of the package.
> >
> > The second part is "data", which in the VAST majority of cases contains
> > binary files that will be installed.
> >
> > An empty package doesn't actually install anything, just runs the
> > "setup" scripts.
> >
> > HOWEVER... That's somewhat irrelevant here, considering that
> > elilo-installer isn't a Debian package, it's a udeb.
> >
> > udebs are used during the Debian Installer process to set variables and
> > do bulk package installation depending on those variables. In this case,
> > elilo-installer checks the architecture, and if it's an amd64-Mac or an
> > Intel Itanium architecture, it installs elilo as the boot loader. If it
> > is NOT one of those architectures it does nothing.
> >
> > This packages, as of this moment, is useless in gNewSense BUT may be
> > useful in the future if and when there is a naitive AMD64 port.
> >
> > As to the license, I'm not "technically" sure what the non-software
> > aspects of a debian package are... My guess would be that they're public
> > domain, but that's ONLY a guess. Whatever it is, it complies with the
> > DFSG which almost certainly is Free Software.
> >
> > I'd recommend e-mailing the debian-legal mailing list and asking for
> > clarification on this; it could have some very interesting reprecussions.
> >
> > - -Kevin
>
> > From: "Chris Andrew" <address@hidden>
> > Subject: Re: [gNewSense-users] Teach Me
> > To: "Peter Rock" <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > I had a similar problem with SILO (Sparc version of lilo).
> >
> > http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00101
> >
> > With regard to your question, I would check the package for the
> > maintainer's details, and then email him/ her for confirmation of
> > details.  When I contacted the maintainer to do with SILO, it prompted
> > a copyright/ licence info page for the package, which had been
> > overlooked.
> >
> > I also tried Sourceforge and Google, to guide me, in-case the
> > maintainer wasn't helpful (he was).
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Chris.
>
>
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