memcached license since it was contributed to the project. Sorry for the delay.
2010/10/11 Tomasz Zieliński <tom.ziel...@gmail.com> > > > On 27 Wrz, 15:18, Tomasz Zieliński <tom.ziel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 27 Wrz, 01:14, Paul Lindner <lind...@inuus.com> wrote: > > > > > I wrote the memcached sysv script and adapted it to fit fedora norms. > No > > > worries there regarding license. > > > > So, it's covered by Memcached license or that MIT license I > > mentioned ? > > <bump> Just one simple answer and I go away :) > > > > > > 2010/9/25 dormando <dorma...@rydia.net> > > > > > > Uhhhm. > > > > > > memcached-init is from: > > > > > > commit 4b1b1ae76ef6e78dd3f1d753931ac8051ae99e9a > > > > Author: Brad Fitzpatrick <b...@danga.com> > > > > Date: Tue Dec 30 19:56:33 2003 +0000 > > > > > > I assume brad copied the skeleton files and modified it. IANAL so I'm > not > > > > sure how much of it had to be changed to be able to flip the license, > but > > > > it seems like a trivial script. > > > > > > The sysv one is from: > > > > > > commit 275f8c40705526ac4514d5dcff2cbf0311b540ac > > > > Author: Paul Lindner <plind...@hi5.com> > > > > Date: Fri May 4 11:23:02 2007 +0000 > > > > > > add rpm spec file, new sysv init script > > > > > > So uh. Paul? Care to comment? > > > > > > and finally, may I ask why you're finding this issue? Do you work for > a > > > > distro or are just curious? Or you're trying to package it up and > sell it? > > > > :P > > > > > > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, Tomasz Zieliñski wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > I've noticed that the two scripts mentioned in the subject are > > > > > probably taken from some external > > > > > sources and licensed under different licenses than Memcached > itself. > > > > > > > Memcached-init clearly says that it is taken from Debian. It's > similar > > > > > to /etc/init.s/skeleton on my Ubuntu 9.04, > > > > > which belongs to initscripts package and that package is licensed > > > > > under GPL3. > > > > > Not sure which license applies to the memcached-init, but I suppose > > > > > it's either GPL2 or GPL3. > > > > > > > Regarding memcached.sysv, I found a similar script here: > > > > > > > http://killersoft-yum.googlecode.com/svn-history/r24/trunk/repo/SOURC... > > > > > - not sure who copied it from who, but in case killersoft-yum was > > > > > first - it's licensed under MIT license (http://code.google.com/p/ > > > > > killersoft-yum/ -> > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php). > > > > > > > Can someone responsible for this area comment on the topic? > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Tomasz Zielinski > > > > > -- > > > Paul Lindner -- lind...@inuus.com -- linkedin.com/in/plindner > -- Paul Lindner -- lind...@inuus.com -- linkedin.com/in/plindner
