On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 23:51 -0400, Benj. Mako Hill wrote: > <quote who="Ben Hutchings" date="Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 09:30:01PM +0100"> > > No, the conditions on use of the name 'Ion' in derivatives are still too > > restrictive. However, I will remove the obnoxious debconf warning. > > Do you really think so? DFSG 4's "The license may require derived works > to carry a different name or version number from the original software" > seems to explicitly allow it! > > Has this been discussed more widely and decided? While annoying, this > sure seems free to me.
I'm aware of this provision. However, when I previously created a fork
with a new name (particleman) Tuomo insisted that I could not even use
the name 'ion' for compatibility in directory names or the Provides
field. I believe this restriction goes beyond what DFSG 4 allows.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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