The very first oFono release

Marcel Holtmann marcel at holtmann.org
Sun Jul 12 15:49:24 PDT 2009


Hi Jeremiah,

> > I also think it is a good time for package maintainers to look into
> > making oFono available in their distributions. And give feedback on
> > things that don't integrate well.
> 
> The first sticking point, at least from a debian perspective, is this  
> line in the README file;
> Copyright (C) 2008-2009  Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
> 
> This does not fit with debian's free software guidelines[0].  
> Specifically point 7;
> 
> "The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the  
> program is redistributed without the need for execution of an  
> additional license by those parties."
> 
> Until that line in the README file is changed, ofono cannot be  
> packaged for debian and placed into debian's free software repositories.

I need some explanation on what is your concern. We released oFono under
GPL. What is the problem with that?

Regards

Marcel




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