From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17123 invoked by alias); 25 Jan 2011 15:40:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 17097 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Jan 2011 15:40:29 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_JMF_BL,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-102-tuesday.noc.nerim.net (HELO mallaury.nerim.net) (62.4.17.102) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:40:23 +0000 Received: from [10.0.0.130] (ns.bureau-cornavin.com [213.41.243.33]) by mallaury.nerim.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F5B15342D; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:40:20 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: COPYING file is just a symlink in sgml-common-0.6.3.tgz Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Eric Bischoff In-Reply-To: <4D3E166D.5030905@intel.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:40:00 -0000 Cc: docbook-tools-discuss@sourceware.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <82107414-5894-401F-95D7-0DD95F8A4093@nerim.net> References: <4D3E166D.5030905@intel.com> To: Scott Garman X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact docbook-tools-discuss-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: docbook-tools-discuss-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011/txt/msg00001.txt.bz2 Le 25 janv. 2011 =E0 01:16, Scott Garman a =E9crit : > Hello, >=20 > I'm working on packaging various docbook-utils for the Yocto Project - a = framework for creating custom embedded Linux distributions. As part of our = packaging process, we try to identify the license the package is released u= nder, and keep track of a hash of the license information. Most commonly we= use the COPYING file included with the sources. >=20 > In the case of sgml-common-0.6.3.tgz, the COPYING file is a symlink to /u= sr/share/automake/COPYING (likewise for the INSTALL document). I could not = find anything else in the tarball that would serve to represent its softwar= e license. Scott, I would be willing to restart managing the source code for this package, bu= t I don't even have the account password at RedHat/SourceWare.org anymore, = and I haven't been able to contact any admin there. I know that sounds pretty stupid. > I realize this tarball was created way back in 2001, but if there is a fu= ture version of it, including a real text file would be quite helpful. >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Scott Garman