On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 12:23:09PM +1000, Craig Southeren wrote: > On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:13:24 -0400 > Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Craig Southeren wrote: > > > I'm not sure what an NMU is, but why are these not put into the SVN > > > archive? > > > > > A NMU (non-maintainer upload) is an upload by a person who is not the > > maintainer of the package. Reasons for this happening are numerous; > > trivial example is an urgent fix when the maintainer is on vacation, is > > missing, is too busy, etc. An NMU would often not be put in the revision > > control archive because the person doing the NMU does not have commit > > access to said repository. > > Does the NMU end up in the repository eventually? If so, then I don't > see this as a problem.
1) Not necessarily. 2) It's not appropriate for us to be violating the licence until someone gets around to importing the NMU into the repository (assuming it ever does go in). > > > Because if it is Debian policy to distribute binaries where the source > > > code is not guaranteed to be publically available, then yes, I think > > > that could be a problem regardless of whether the license is MPL or GPL. > > > > > The source code is guaranteed to be publicly available for as long as > > the binary is, but no longer. > > This is in violation of most Open Source licenses. > > For example, the GPL requires source to be available on demand for up to > three years after distribution of the binary by electronic means. No. It. Doesn't. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]