On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 05:35:48PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > I object: There is always a cause why a certain message is output. A > debian maintainer should (morally) at least ask what the upstream > maintainer thinks about removing the sponsorship message and remove it > against the will of the upstream maintainer only in very rare cases > after appropriate discussions within the debian project. Everything
I'm merely defending the actions of the maintainer: it's not obvious to me that summarily removing a clearly objectionable 24-line sponsorship message is objectionable, as long as actual author credits (copyright notices) remain. I'm willing to disagree on this. (And, although Hans says the issue was resolved, I still don't believe he's said publically exactly which issue we've been talking about ...) -- Glenn Maynard