On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 14:25 +0100, Daniel de Kok wrote: > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams > <ivazqueznet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 13:46 +0100, Daniel de Kok wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams > > > <ivazqueznet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I'm not talking about the spec file metadata, I'm talking about the > > > > signature that's applied to the package itself. > > > > > > A signature is just a special digest of the contents. I don't see how > > > that could be licensed differently. > > > > And a painting of a landscape is just a special digest (or > > interpretation, if you prefer) of a landscape. It falls under copyright > > law, regardless of what laws the canvas or paint are required to follow. > > That's a flawed analogy. Virtually, all jurisdictions require work to > be original to qualify for copyright. How is a rpm package signature not "original"? It's dependent on a number of factors, not all of which are publicly accessible (e.g., the private signing key), and some of which are variable (e.g., the build time). > Painting a landscape requires > effort, and originality, mechanically making a digest with encryption > software doesn't. Nor does pushing the button on a digital camera, and yet Flickr is filled with the results of that non-effort. You don't need to be a lawyer to see that anyone challenging the license of that non-effort would likely be laughed out of court. > Anyway, let's not continue with *this* slippery slope. The next guy > will proclaim that downloading software and recompressing it with > bzip2 constitutes a new work ;). Or a derivative of the original work. But adding a signature to an already-created package does not make the signature a derivative of the contents of the package. (Once again, IANAL) -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet@xxxxxxxxx> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed
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