Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org> writes: > On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:54:53 -0400 > Nikolaus Rath <nikol...@rath.org> wrote: > >> I understand that a DEP5 copyright file lists licenses and copyrights >> for files in the debian source package directory, rather than for files >> that are installed by the generated .deb. >> >> Does that mean that files that are *generated* during execution of >> debian/rules (e.g. rendered documentation) do not need to be included in >> the copyright file? > > Auto-generated files can only have the copyright of whatever creative > content is provided by a human writer (not the copyright of the tools > used in generation). The documentation presumably comes from some kind > of source files contained in the source package and presents that same > data in a different format.
Yes, but it also contains images, style sheets and java script libraries from the rendering tool (Sphinx). > The copyright of the original data is unaffected (assuming it complies > with DFSG), the generated content is basically the distribution of a > modified form of the source itself and hence under the same licence as > the source itself. > > Declaring the copyright of the source covers any reformatting of the > source which occurs during the building/packaging/distribution > process. Even in this case? Best, -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8739i3i1qx....@vostro.rath.org
