It seems to me that the stuff we put in debian/ constitutes a modification of the original software, and thus is subject to the terms of the original license regarding modification and redistribution. i.e. if the original package is GPL'd, our changes must be GPL also, etc.
is this right? -Brad On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Will Lowe wrote: > > Just to avoid giving the impression thast this is the only way > > to produce Debian packages, here is an alternate: look at > > http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/rules/, and you shall see a number > > of ./debian directories for various packages that have been hand > > crafted, and yet retain enough common points to enable rapid > > development of new packages. > > Cool. I'll probably borrow a few of them. > > A side note: Most ./debian/* files don't contain a copyright notice. Do > we (as a project) just consider them GPL, or something else, or are they > covered by the copyright on the .orig.tar.gz? > > Will > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | > | PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | And if you hold on tight to what you think is your thing | > | you may find you're missing all the rest ... | > | - Dave Matthews, "Best of What's Around" | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
