From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28603 invoked by alias); 6 Nov 2014 22:10:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 33620 Received: (qmail 18750 invoked from network); 6 Nov 2014 22:10:21 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-workers@zsh.org From: Christian Neukirchen Subject: Re: Zsh bugfixes released by RedHat Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:10:06 +0100 Message-ID: <87a944dlq9.fsf@gmail.com> References: <141106075609.ZM3709@torch.brasslantern.com> <545BAC56.1050804@eastlink.ca> <141106083035.ZM3795@torch.brasslantern.com> <20141106201516.GL5405@sym.noone.org> <141106124717.ZM16843@torch.brasslantern.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host55-2.natpool.mwn.de In-Reply-To: <141106124717.ZM16843@torch.brasslantern.com> (Bart Schaefer's message of "Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:47:17 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Bart Schaefer writes: > On Nov 6, 9:15pm, Axel Beckert wrote: > } > } > Technically they are supposed to offer the patch to us, although zsh's > } > license is not as clingy that way as the GNU license for example. > } > } JFTR: The GNU General Public License does not require that any > } modification made to software under the GNU GPL is sent back to the > } _author_ of the software. > > Right, I was being too non-specific when I used the word "us". I meant > they should offer the patch to anyone to whom they offer the binary. > Since I'm getting the errata notice about the new binary, technically > I should have access to the patch. Which I do, it's just a PITA to > download the entire .src.rpm and extract it. > > But they're also not required to make it *easy* to get the patch ... > > So thank you to the folks who did that for me, and hopefully RedHat > will see the change I just pushed and pick that up instead. Note that I took it from the CentOS repositories, because RedHat wont distribute their patched zsh to me (neither in source nor binary form)! (Yeah, I know, CentOS is a part of RedHat now. Still.) (I actually expected having to diff the source tree against a zsh release, just like they used to with their Kernel tree.) -- Christian Neukirchen http://chneukirchen.org