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Bug#889056: [update] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package

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Hi!

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 03:31:00PM +0500, Lev Lamberov wrote:
> Пн 23 июл 2018 @ 16:52 Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>:
> 
> > Found what I had in mind, in the REJECT-FAQ:
> >
> > "If the upstream tarball does not include a copy of the license,
> > debian/copyright must document when and how the license information was
> > obtained (i.e. include "Downloaded by John Doe on 2008-12-24 from
> > http://example.net/license" or reproduce email correspondence including
> > some header) in addition to reproducing the license itself. In the past
> > there were uploads where one couldn't find the license statement in the
> > tarball or on the website from upstream, which is bad."
> 
> Thank you, Sean!

Yes, thank you :-)

> Still I find it ambiguous. It worth to note that this particular point
> was revised last time in Dec 2008. Then, in the first sentence it
> mentions "a copy of the license", but the second sentece talks about a
> "license statement". In emacs-php's apache-mode we have only the second.
> 
> Nevertheless,the most interesting thing about emacs-php's apache-mode is
> that its license statement says:
> 
> > You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> > with your copy of Emacs; see the file COPYING.

I agree that's interesting, because apache-mode is GPL-2+ and Emacs is
distributing a copy of GPL-3+.  Thankfully Usami Kenta resolved the
issue.  It's ready to sponsor from here:

  git@salsa.debian.org:emacsen-team/apache-mode-el.git

Cheers,
Nicholas

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Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package David Bremner <david@tethera.net> - 2018-06-25 13:50 +0200
  Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com> - 2018-06-25 23:10 +0200
    Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2018-06-26 09:30 +0200
      Bug#889056: [RFC: original vs fork] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com> - 2018-07-03 23:40 +0200
        Bug#889056: [RFC: original vs fork] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package David Bremner <david@tethera.net> - 2018-07-04 12:20 +0200
          Bug#889056: [update] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com> - 2018-07-21 21:50 +0200
            Bug#889056: [update] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Lev Lamberov <dogsleg@debian.org> - 2018-07-22 07:10 +0200
              Bug#889056: [update] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com> - 2018-07-23 00:40 +0200
                Bug#889056: [update] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2018-07-23 01:50 +0200
                Bug#889056: [update] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Lev Lamberov <dogsleg@debian.org> - 2018-07-23 07:40 +0200
                Bug#889056: [update] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2018-07-23 08:40 +0200
                Bug#889056: [update] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Lev Lamberov <dogsleg@debian.org> - 2018-07-23 10:10 +0200
                Bug#889056: [update] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2018-07-23 11:00 +0200
                Bug#889056: [update] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Lev Lamberov <dogsleg@debian.org> - 2018-07-23 12:40 +0200
                Bug#889056: [update] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com> - 2018-07-24 00:00 +0200
        Bug#889056: [RFC: original vs fork] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2018-07-04 23:50 +0200
          Bug#889056: [RFC: original vs fork] Re: Bug#889056: replace apache-mode.el with elpa package Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com> - 2018-07-21 05:30 +0200

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