On Thursday, 14 October 2004, at 16:16:11 (-0400), Matthew Miller wrote: > They _can_ use whatever they like, and the code doesn't care, but in > general, License is better than Copyright. That's a matter of opinion. > Consider it a sub-thread, then. I didn't realize it was going to be > so in depth -- I was just trying to be helpful. You weren't the ranter. :-) > Again, there's a difference between what the code allows and good policy. Yes, but you missed the point. If somebody like Jeff or Paul or James says it's deprecated, I listen. Why? Because they contribute. Anyone else is just yapping, and it means nothing. > No, those are just two quick sources I could find. The Mandrake RPM > howto, at > <http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RpmHowTo#Header_section>, > says the same thing, as does (as far as Babelfish lets me > understand) Conectiva's RPM packaging policy. > <https://moin.conectiva.com.br/GuiaCriacaoSpecsCL>. I couldn't find > a published SuSE packaging policy, but they also seem to use License > instead of Copyright for their packages. Distribution policy is outside the scope of this list. I'm speaking specifically about rpm; that's what this list is about. And I'd be a wealthy man if I had a dollar for every time jbj has used the phrase "bring me consensus." > If you want to do different in your packages, RPM won't stop you -- > but I'll prefer to use packages made by someone with more rigorous > standards. That may be one of the silliest reasons not to use someone's RPM packages that I've ever heard. :-) Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <mej@xxxxxxxxx> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "...in order to secure the safety of the public while traveling on public roads...it shall be unlawful for any person to drive, propel, or run any vehicle in, upon, and along any of the public roads in this county." -- Montgomery County, Mississippi, statute _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
