On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 04:28:49PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > Package: xen-hypervisor-3.0-unstable-1-amd64 > Version: 3.0-unstable+hg11561-1 > Severity: serious > > It seems Xen has a similar trademark policy as the much discussed > Mozilla one. Specifically http://www.xensource.com/xen-tm-faq.html > says: > > | 16. If I distribute a changed version of the Xen??? hypervisor, may I > | say that the changed product is the Xen hypervisor? > | > | No. If you have changed an Official Version of the Xen hypervisor in > | any way, then you have created something that is not an Official > | Version of the Xen hypervisor. Because such a code base is entirely > | beyond the oversight and quality control processes of XenSource, you > | may not use the Xen??? trademark in any way in connection with your > | product, and must use a different trademark for your product that will > | not cause confusion with the Xen trademark or any other XenSource > | trademark. > > This seems to make it impossible for Debian to patch released xen > packages when security related bugs occur. >
Not just that. If they release binary versions, we may not even be able to release binary versions. What I mean is, they may consider the act of compiling specifically for Debian a changed version. Has anyone asked them that question? There is also the issue of locations of things on a Debian system, which may not match up with the defaults of the upstream confguration. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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