Hi *, On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 11:29:51AM -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: > >If this file is a non-copyrightable interface definition, the bug here is > >the presence of a copyright notice and license statement where there > >should be none. > > ITS#4693 in the OpenLDAP ITS system.
In the logs for that issue, Kurt commented that OpenLDAP is not going to
change that as it is in line with their policy - to quote the license of
the origin of everything.
I do not feel that we (the Debian maintainers) should remove that
copyright notice, but I think it would be okay to clarify the relevance
of that license.
From the license of the RFC:
## others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it
## or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published
## and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any
## kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
## included on all such copies and derivative works. However, this
From that I read that we actually have to include that license.
Therefore I'd like to propose to add something along the lines of:
# The definitions in this file are derived from internet RFCs which
# are made available by the Internet Society under the following
# license:
## This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to
## others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it
Which also is not as easy to follow as I'd like it to be. Other
suggestions, comments?
Greetings
Torsten
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