Bug #41418 for URI: rfc2396.txt not considered "free"

Thu Dec 04 02:07:23 2008 cook-cpan [...] outflux.net - Ticket created

Subject:

rfc2396.txt not considered "free"

Hello! Unfortunately, RFC files aren't available under a free redistribution license, so they shouldn't appear in the source tarballs. :( If it were dropped, it would make packaging in Debian easier too. :) Thanks!

Thu Dec 04 17:19:40 2008 GAAS [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

The first section RFC 2396 states: Distribution of this memo is unlimited. I don't see a reason for it to have to be "free" for it to be sensible to include it. These are not documents you are supposed to change.

Thu Dec 04 17:19:43 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Thu Dec 04 17:19:49 2008 GAAS [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'

Thu Dec 04 17:31:25 2008 cook-cpan [...] outflux.net - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #41418] rfc2396.txt not considered "free"
Date:	Thu, 4 Dec 2008 14:31:06 -0800
To:	Gisle_Aas via RT <bug-URI [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Kees Cook <cook-cpan [...] outflux.net>

Hi, On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 05:19:46PM -0500, Gisle_Aas via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> The first section RFC 2396 states: > > Distribution of this memo is unlimited. > > I don't see a reason for it to have to be "free" for it to be sensible to include it. These are not > documents you are supposed to change.

I'm just basing this off the Debian-Legal discussion since forever: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/03/msg00012.html We can continue to repack it without the RFC, but I figured I'd open an upstream report just in case. Thanks, -Kees -- Kees Cook @outflux.net

Thu Dec 04 17:31:27 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'rejected' to 'open'

Wed Aug 05 22:30:47 2009 ddascalescu+perl [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added

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ddascalescu+perl [...] gmail.com

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> We can continue to repack it without the RFC, but I figured I'd open > an upstream report just in case.

Indeed the RFC was removed from the package: http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-perl/trunk/liburi-perl/debian/repack.local?view=markup

Thu Dec 31 10:19:39 2009 GAAS [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

The RFCs are not part of the cpan tarball as of URI-1.50. Having them handy in the source repo should be enough.

Thu Dec 31 10:19:40 2009 GAAS [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'