T o n g <mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com> writes: > If I take a simple file (BSD-licensed), (greatly) improved it, and > include it in my package. How should I handle the situation?
> - I should claim that the author of the new file is me, right? Usually I list both authors, such as: * Written by Larry Schwimmer * Extensively modified by Russ Allbery <ea...@eyrie.org> from one of my projects. > - I should inherit the BSD-licensed, right? Yes, almost always. > - How to express that the new file was based on another old file from a > different author in the debian/copyright file? Copyright: 2003-2008 John Doe 2014 Jane Doe In other words, you can list multiple copyright holders. I usually use two spaces at the start of subsequent lines to suppress word wrapping. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87bnzung69....@windlord.stanford.edu
