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- This is Debian GNU/Linux's prepackaged version of James Ashton's
- compface utility, which provides 48x48x1 image compression
- and decompression to allow the inclusion of face images within
- mail headers using the field name `X-face: '.
-
- Following the debian policys James Ashton's original package is
- split up into several binary debian packages:
-
- libcompfaceg1-dev - libc6 devel
- libcompfaceg1 - libc6 runtime
- compface - user tools
-
- They are all created form a single source package libcompface.
-
- This package was put together by me, Hakan Ardo
- <hakan@debian.org> from the sourcecode I originaly obtained from
- ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/faces/compface/compface.tar.Z. Later updates to the
- library were found at:
-
- http://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/compface-1.5.2.tar.gz
-
- I have applyed the compface patches found in the exmh-1.6.9-2 package:
-
- compface.patch:
- The compface.patch file has a patch that teaches the compface
- and uncompface programs how to read .xbm format (X bitmap) files,
- instead of the arcane .ikon files it used before.
-
- And I have made som changes to the Makefile to compile and link the
- library sharead added adding support for the Debian package maintenance
- scheme, by adding various debian/* files.
-
-
- Compface - 48x48x1 image compression and decompression
- Copyright (c) James Ashton 1990.
- Written 89/11/11
-
- Feel free to distribute this source at will so long as the above
- message and this message are included in full.
-
- This copyright message dosn't specify whether modified version is allowed,
- but the following mail from the author does allow them:
-
- > From: James Ashton <James.Ashton@syseng.anu.edu.au>
- > Subject: Re: Bug#72019: compface not DFSG
- > Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:48:34 +1100 (EST)
- >
- > >On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 08:58:43AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
- > >> Package: compface
- > >> Version: 1989.11.11-17.1
- > >> Severity: important
- > >>
- > >> compface's copyright doesn't grant permission to
- > >> distribute modified versions
- > >
- > >The compface copyright says:
- > >
- > >Feel free to distribute this source at will so long as the above
- > >message and this message are included in full.
- > >
- > >
- > >Which could be interpretated as it is allowed to distribute modified
- > >versions of it. James Ashton is the original author, would you care to
- > >clairify the matter, mr Ashton?
- >
- > I don't mind modified versions being distributed. Please included the
- > original copyright notices as specified and also prominently note, if
- > it is a modified version, the nature and author(s) of the
- > modifications.
- > --
- > James Ashton VK1XJA System Administrator
- > http://wwwsyseng.anu.edu.au/~jaa Department of Systems Engineering
- > Voice +61 2 6279 8675 Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering
- > FAX +61 2 6279 8688 Australian National University
- > Email James.Ashton@anu.edu.au Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
- >
-
- Another peoblem with the copyright of this source code is that the
- copyright message in the source files and in the readme file is conflicting.
- The following mail from the author should clear that up:
-
- > From: James Ashton <James.Ashton@syseng.anu.edu.au>
- > Subject: Re: libcompface license (again)
- > Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 09:32:23 +1100 (EST)
- >
- > >Hi,
- > >I'm maintaining the debian pkg of your compface lib, and I've talket to you
- > >before about it's license. And now ouer legal people have found another
- > >problem. The sourcefiles contains a diffrent copyright notice than the
- > >redmefile. They say:
- > >
- > >> * Permission is given to distribute these sources, as long as the
- > >> * copyright messages are not removed, and no monies are exchanged.=20
- > >
- > >The problem is the last part "no monies are exchanged". As you probably=20
- > >know we do allow third party companies to produce debian CDs and sell them.
- > >So this statement would inmply that we can't have your libcompface in
- > debian
- > >at all.
- >
- > I'm happy to remove the phrase no monies are exchanged' from the
- > source and allow distribution as per the README file. Do you need more
- > from me than just this email?
- > --
- > James Ashton VK1XJA System Administrator
- > http://wwwsyseng.anu.edu.au/~jaa Department of Systems Engineering
- > Voice +61 2 6125 8675 Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering
- > FAX +61 2 6125 8660 Australian National University
- > Email James.Ashton@anu.edu.au Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
-