Bug#550687: Source package contains non-free IETF RFC/I-D

[Simon Josefsson]

Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves <justivo at gmail.com> writes:

> On 10/12/09, Simon Josefsson <simon at josefsson.org> wrote:
>> 1. Ask the author of the RFC to re-license the RFC under a free
>>    license.  A template for this e-mail request can be found at
>>    http://wiki.debian.org/NonFreeIETFDocuments
>
> Section 11 of said RFC states:
>
> Copying conditions
>
>         The author(s) agree to grant third parties the irrevocable
>         right to copy, use and distribute the work, with
>         or without modification, in any medium, without royalty,
>         provided that, unless separate permission is granted,
>         redistributed modified works do not contain misleading
>         author, version, name of work, or endorsement information.
>
> Just like the linked Debian page recommends.  What else do you want?

As I said, I believe debian/copyright needs to explain that.  Below is a
patch to illustrate what I mean.

Thanks,
/Simon

--- debian/copyright~	2009-10-12 10:43:49.000000000 +0200
+++ debian/copyright	2009-10-12 12:47:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -38,3 +38,11 @@
 NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
 SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+The file doc/rfc5215.txt is available under the
+following license:
+
+   The authors agree to grant third parties the irrevocable right to
+   copy, use, and distribute the work, with or without modification, in
+   any medium, without royalty, provided that, unless separate
+   permission is granted, redistributed modified works do not contain
+   misleading author, version, name of work, or endorsement information.