[TYPO3-core] Move contrib/ out of typo3/

[Ingmar Schlecht]

Hi Christian,

I think we should add a note to the License files in TYPO3's root 
directory and the typo3/ folder where it says in the beginning of the 
file already that it doesn't include the contrib/ folder.

Creating another top-level folder would cause a lot of overhead during 
upgrades, because everyone who upgrades needs to create an additional 
symlink, while normally an upgrade from one TYPO3 version to another is 
done by just changing the typo3_src symlink.

cheers
Ingmar


Am 10.12.11 12:32, schrieb Christian Welzel:
> Am 09.12.2011 11:16, schrieb Ernesto Baschny:
>
>> If you create a Debian package, can't you just include all relevant
>> licensing information in the debian's "copyright" file? What does it
>
> Thats what is required by debian policy.
>
>> matter if typo3/ and typo3/contrib/* has different license files
>> (considering that they are all GPLv2 compatible, of course)? Where does
>> the Debian Policies say that this is not permitted? I have not found
>
> Its not about permission. Its about clearity.
>
> There are tools like lintian which can check if every file in the
> packages are matched by an entry in copyright. But these checks are
> always inclusive. I cannot say typo3/* is GPL and typo3/contrib/* is
> not. The typo3/* line would also match typo3/contrib/*. So i have to
> include all single GPL files in typo3/ and then define typo3/contrib/
> on its own.
>
> Even if some human looks into the typo3-tgz he would have some surprise
> when he notices that typo3/contrib/* has diffrent licenses than stated
> in the LICENCE.txt of typo3/.
> Moving contrib/ out of typo3/ would make a clear statement regarding
> licenses and project affiliation of the included files.
>
>