Jeremie Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm packaging miBoot, which is an oldworld powermac bootloader, to be > able to cleanly build d-i boot floppies. However, the archive > distributed by upstream is missing a license. > > I'm about to send a mail to the author about this, so: > * do I cc: debian-legal?
Probably not necessary, since there probably isn't a real legal problem here. If it gets complicated, then by all means cc: debian-legal. > * would an email (possibly GPG-signed) stating that we can > distribute miBoot under the terms of the GPL be sufficient, or do > we absolutely need the license included together with the software? An email is sufficient. It should be quoted in the debian copyright file. Regards, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED]