Author: tille Date: 2012-12-17 20:34:58 +0000 (Mon, 17 Dec 2012) New Revision: 12667
Modified: trunk/packages/cdbfasta/trunk/debian/copyright Log: Finally found a valid e-mail address and got response that the package software is public domain Modified: trunk/packages/cdbfasta/trunk/debian/copyright =================================================================== --- trunk/packages/cdbfasta/trunk/debian/copyright 2012-12-17 16:39:08 UTC (rev 12666) +++ trunk/packages/cdbfasta/trunk/debian/copyright 2012-12-17 20:34:58 UTC (rev 12667) @@ -1,34 +1,30 @@ Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ Upstream-Name: cdbfasta -Upstream-Contact: Geo Pertea <[email protected]>, - Gene Indices Group <[email protected]> -Comment: Both addresses are bouncing when trying to contact via - https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2012/12/msg00054.html - . - Also tried Geo Pertea <[email protected]> but failed as well +Upstream-Contact: Geo Pertea <[email protected]>, Source: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdbfasta/files/ -Copyright: © 2002-2010 Geo Pertea <[email protected]>, - Gene Indices Group <[email protected]> - The Institute for Genomic Research, - This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software. -License: some_unspecified_OSI_license - No real license but the homepage claims the following: +Copyright: © 2002-2010 Geo Pertea <[email protected]>, + Valentin Antonescu <[email protected]> + The Institute for Genomic Research +License: PD + Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:26:54 -0500 + From: Geo <[email protected]> + To: [email protected] + CC: valentin antonescu <[email protected]> + Subject: Re: Fwd: Please forward to Geo Pertea: What exat license for cdbfasta? . - About Open Source: + Hi Andreas, + I don't think about the licensing issue much and this may be related to + the fact that the cdbfasta code if heavily based on Daniel J. Bernstein + <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Bernstein>'s cdb source code + which has been notably license-free + <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License-free_software>. However, since DJB + released his individual source code files to public domain we also + consider the whole cdbfasta code to be public domain, free and open + source software. . - Of benefit to users, Open Source software is licensed so you can - download and use the software free-of-charge. The source code for this - software is made available free-of-charge, you (or a programmer you - hire) can make changes to this software to better meet your needs, and - you can release your changed code back to the community passing the - benefit on to other users. - . - The exact license terms used by this project on their project summary - page and in the licensing documents included in their downloads. - . - ... unfortunately non of the both links from the last paragraph is - featuring a license statement -> so we need to ask the authors + Thanks, + --geo Files: debian/* Copyright: © 2010 Steffen Moeller <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ debian-med-commit mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debian-med-commit
