Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: QA last rites for x11-wm/ion

[dev-random@mail.ru]

According to his website (AFAIR) that license is for _names_ "ion" and
"ion3". License for code is still GPL. If you rename the project, you may
ignore that terms.



On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 09:27:29AM +0100, Rémi Cardona wrote:
> Le 15/12/2009 08:09, Ulrich Mueller a écrit :
> >>>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Peter Hjalmarsson wrote:
> >
> >> On the other hand this may be something for treecleaners? A package
> >> that has not been bumped for 7 years? With at least three releases
> >> since, and a bumprequest open for at least one year? A link to a
> >> webside that does not exist?
> >
> > And both its sucessors x11-wm/ion2 and x11-wm/ion3 already punted two
> > years ago.
> >
> > Wasn't there some licence issue with this package, too?
> 
> That was with ion3 IIRC. Something about the author changing the license 
> from GPL to "don't patch ion3 ever without telling me about it and 
> showing me your patches so I can approve them".
> 
> Or something similar, wikipedia/google might know more than me.
> 
> As far as the original ion is concerned, the masking seems perfectly in 
> order. If someone wants it, that person can step up and do the work 
> (directly or via proxy).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rémi