On Sun, 2018-08-26 at 15:44 -0300, Carlos Donizete Froes wrote: > Hi Phil, > > > I believe this is the problematic section of debian/copyright? I > > also > > found https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses#Public_Domain helpful. > > I would like the section of this game to be "contrib/games", > but because of this problem I left it as a "non-free/games". > > > Files: data/* > > Copyright: not applicable > > Author: 2004 Studio Pixel <amaya.pi...@gmail.com> > > License: public-domain > > This software was written by Daisuke Amaya also known by his art > > name 'Pixel'. > > . > > You absolutely can't use these in anything commercial; the work is > > not subject > > to copyright in any jurisdiction. > > . > > This file is in the public domain. It is provided "as is", without > > warranty of > > any kind. Use at your own risk. > > > > The second paragraph is self-contradicting - if it's not subject to > > copyright, then it's use can't be restricted to NC. Perhaps the > > author > > would prefer a different license? (any form of NC is still non- > > free) > > Removed this second paragraph from the copyright.
> > To avoid future disputes, after a private email conversation it is > > necessary to have a public record of the conclusion. Perhaps the > > author > > would be happy to email a CC0 style waiver: > > https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/waiver > > > > * For public-domain "Copyright" line means who had the authority to > > license the work, i.e. the author, not "not applicable" > > * Since the full name is known, I would put that in the copyright > > line > > e.g Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya <amaya.pi...@gmail.com> > > Many thanks for the tip, and modified according to the instructions. You cannot just drop paragraphs from d/copyright at will, it needs to be backed up by a statement of the copyright owners. Can you, by change, forward the original statement of "pixel", on which basis you wrote d/copyright, to this bug/list? Thanks! -- tobi
