[Bug 573917] Review Request: perl-NetPacket-SpanningTree - Assemble and disassemble IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree protocol packets

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--- Comment #9 from Ruediger Landmann <r.landmann at redhat.com> 2011-03-22 18:20:57 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #6)

> Legally, it's questionable, because a Fedora packager added license file isn't
> legally binding to upstream (only upstream can do this).

Right -- which is why we need to seek upstream's consent to add the file (or,
better, ask them to do it themselves for us). 

> > From the email, it sounds like it's unlikely that upstream will generate a new
> > tarball for us, so instead could you please contact them again and:
> > 
> > * attach a copy of the GPLv1 (not any other version) to the email
> Are you sure? This GPLv1 is dead for more than a decade.

I was initially surprised by this too; but Spot's rationale makes sense to me:

"(yes, the GPLv1, not a later version, because the perl licensing
they granted is GPLv1 or later. If upstream adds a copy of GPLv2 or
GPLv3, that is sufficient for us to distribute to meet this
technicality, but if we're going to do it, we're going to do it
right.)"[0]

[0] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/legal/2011-March/001584.html

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