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Re: new license?



On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 22:43:03 +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "mod_encoding"
> >    nor may "mod_encoding" appear in their names without prior written
> >    permission of Internet Initiative Japan Inc. For written permission,
> >    please contact tai%iij.ad.jp@localhost (Taisuke Yamada).
>
> I find this point to be quite problematic. Strictly speaking, as soon as
> you have a single patch to the package, it can't be called mod_encoding
> anymore.

True. And a patch is required to support Apache-2.x. FreeBSD and Debian
seem to have ignored the clause and still call the derived software
mod_encoding.

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Emmanuel Dreyfus
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manu%netbsd.org@localhost


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