retitle 377621 RM: ghostcore -- RoQA; orphaned, copyright problems retitle 377620 RM: encore -- RoQA; orphaned, copyright problems retitle 377622 RM: jhcore -- RoQA; orphaned, copyright problems retitle 377623 RM: lambdacore -- RoQA; orphaned, copyright problems reassign 377620 ftp.debian.org reassign 377621 ftp.debian.org reassign 377622 ftp.debian.org reassign 377623 ftp.debian.org thanks
LambdaCore has copyright problems. It was written by a large number of pseudonymous people, many of whom could probably not be identified even by their pseudonyms now. Most of them never granted explicit licenses for the use of their work. And most of it was done after 1988, when copyright became automatic in the US. Unfortunately, jhcore, encore, and ghostcore are all based on lambdacore, and inherit the same copyright problems. Presumably since LambdaCore has been released for years, the denizens of LambdaMOO who wrote it are mostly OK with it. But they didn't actually grant any licenses, and we don't actually know whether they are all OK with it. Accordingly, I request that this mass of orphaned packages be removed. (The lambdamoo server is still usable with the 'minimal' core database, and the server has had its copyright and licensing handled carefully, so it's OK. However, anyone choosing to adopt it should be warned about the core databases.) -- Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Theocracy, fascism, or absolute monarchy -- I don't care which it is, I don't like it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
