Re: (ITS#7412) check_password contrib module

[hyc@symas.com]

clem.oudot@gmail.com wrote:
> Full_Name: Clément OUDOT
> Version:
> OS: GNU/Linux
> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> Submission from: (NULL) (88.173.78.196)
>
>
> As said by Guillaume Rousse in ITS#7348 (
> http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Incoming?id=7348;selectid=7348#themesg), I
> would like to contribute the check_password module to OpenLDAP.

> diff --git a/contrib/slapd-modules/check-password/README b/contrib/slapd-=
> modules/check-password/README
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..10191c2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/contrib/slapd-modules/check-password/README
> @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
> +
> +check_password.c - OpenLDAP pwdChecker library
> +
> +2007-06-06 Michael Steinmann <msl@calivia.com>
> +2008-01-30 Pierre-Yves Bonnetain <py.bonnetain@ba-cst.com>
> +2009        Clement Oudot <clem.oudot@gmail.com> - LTB-project
> +2009        Jerome HUET - LTB-project

> The attached patch file is derived from OpenLDAP Software. All of the
> modifications to OpenLDAP Software represented in the following patch(es) were
> developed by Clément OUDOT clem.oudot@gmail.com. I have not assigned rights
> and/or interest in this work to any party.

Something is not clear here. Your README clearly lists 3 other authors' names, 
yet your rights statement claims that you are the sole author. I don't see how 
we can safely touch this contribution with such ambiguous provenance.
>
> I, Clément OUDOT, hereby place the following modifications to OpenLDAP Software
> (and only these modifications) into the public domain. Hence, these
> modifications may be freely used and/or redistributed for any purpose with or
> without attribution and/or other notice.
>
>


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