[rtg] RTG Digest, Vol 38, Issue 2

[bill fumerola]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 09:08:12PM -0400, Steve Scaffidi wrote:
> I've built debian source and binary packages of RTG with Bill's yrtg patch.
> 
> I'd be happy to share them... heck, with permission from both Bill Fumerola
> and Robert Beverly I would be happy to submit them for inclusion in Debian's
> repositories and be the maintainer.

if you've gotten my patches to apply to a recent version of rtg OR figured
out the magical date of the CVS repo that my rtg patches apply cleanly, i'm
very interested in that data. (either a new patch or the magic date)

in terms of permission: all the files i created from scratch are BSD
licensed and all the ones i modified are BSDL+GPL. you don't need my
permission. that being said, since my patches significantly deviate from
rtg's internal structures and designs you might want to make it clear
(different package name, giant warning) that it's not stock rtg.

not for attribution reasons (though i don't mind being mentioned, who
does?) but because of the differences there may be new bugs, different
bugs, the same bugs that got moved to different code, fixed bugs, and
undocumented/incomplete features relative to the rtg that this list
supports/represents. in other words, i don't want others to be blamed
if someone finds a bug in my code.

i can't give you permission to release/patch a product called "rtg" but
if you call it something different, you have my permission to do whatever
you want with the code i wrote. CAIDA originally had something to do
with the original RTG and they may be interested in any work you've done
to bring my patches up to date.

i'm interested to hear about any outside (read: not my own) comparisons
between the two versions (performance, stability, feature set) as well.

-- bill