On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 01:29:52PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 07:51:55PM +0000, Bart Martens wrote: > > > A copyright statement does not, by itself, say anything about the license > > > of > > > the work. Since Illustrator is frequently used for producing output files > > > that are expected to be distributed, it would be reasonable to assume that > > > the output is liberally licensed and that whatever license is listed in > > > the > > > package is in fact the correct one, with no other license attaching to > > > this > > > output. > > > > If you find an authoritative license statement to the contrary, *then* we > > > should worry about whether this is non-redistributable. > > > The user of Adobe Illustrator may have had the intention to create files > > that can be freely redistributed. If parts of the files are copyrighted > > by Adobe (Michael wrote "contains postscript library code that is > > copyrighted by Adobe") without license from Adobe, then the files cannot > > be freely redistributed. > > Correct but irrelevant.
The presence of copyright notices from Adobe and the absence of a license from Adobe seem relevant to me. > No one here has provided any evidence one way or > the other about whether Adobe has given a license. The absence of a license from Adobe is evidence to me that Adobe has not given a license. > > The sensible *default* assumption is that when an upstream asserts that the > license on their work is $foo, they know what they're talking about Yes, "on their work". > even > when portions are copyright other people/entities. No, this is not a sensible default assumption. > There's no reason to > deviate from this sensible default just because it's known that one of the > entities listed releases other software under proprietary licenses. The sensible default here is that Adobe has not given a license for the parts copyrighted by Adobe. Regards, Bart Martens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120801055017.ga22...@master.debian.org
