Re: [gentoo-dev] Patches for MPPE/MPPC

[Jan Dubiec <jdx@slackware.pl>]

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:24:50 +0000, Cory Visi <merlin@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Hi all. I am working on some ppp bugs and I noticed there is an excellent 
> kernel patch for MPPE/MPPC available for both 2.4 and 2.6 kernel versions:
Thanks ;-)

[.....]
> 1. Can I include the ppp patch in the ppp ebuild? How do I do it legally?
IMO the *pppd* patch can be included because it doesn't contain actual MPPC
code. MPPC (de)compresion routines are located in the *kernel* patch.

> 2. Can we include the kernel patch in the gentoo-sources base patch set? 
> How do we do it legally?
IMO, if Gentoo servers are outside the USA (e.g. in the EU), the patches
could be included. Although I am not a lawyer.

I have one question - does somebody of you know if my patches are included
in an unofficial Gentoo sources? I am asking because I am receiving a lot
of emails from people who use Gentoo and my patches. They use "stdopt"
(e.g. ppp-2.4.2-stdopt-mppe-mppc-1.1.patch.gz) version of the pppd patch.
It has MPPE/MPPC related options compatible with original pppd-2.4.2.
Unfortunately, because of that it inherits also a few drawbacks of the
original. So if you decide to include my patches into Gentoo sources, I
recommend using non-"stdopt" pppd patch (i.e. ppp-2.4.2-mppe-mppc-1.1.patch.gz).
I generates much less email traffic from unexperienced users.
 
Regards,
/J.D.
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