On Tue, 02 Dec 2008, Michael Crawford wrote: > > It says "by Charlton Harrison" and he documented when the releases > > were on his website. From that could I just construct a copyright > > notice and use that? > > My understanding is that "copyright descends on a work the instant it > is created." So the release dates could reasonably serve to indicate > the copyright years. But I don't have a clue as to whether it would > then be legal or appropriate for you to add an explicit notice. >
I guess you already did it, but have you tried contacting the upstreamer about this issue? I had a 'similar' situation [0] with the package mined (which is kinda.. in stand-by). Hope this thread [0] can help you to get an idea of what to do. [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/03/msg00097.html Regards, Mauro -- JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://lusers.com.ar/ work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://gcoop.com.ar/ 2B82 A38D 1BA5 847A A74D 6C34 6AB7 9ED6 C8FD F9C1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
