On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 12:31:42PM -0500, Alan Pater wrote: > A package I am looking at includes a folder of test images that have > been submitted over the years by users to test features and report > bugs. Should those images have any copyright notice or should they be > considered in the public domain? I've looked through the Debian > guidelines but am not clear how to apply them in this case. What is > best practice in Debian for these cases?
Alas, this can only be decided as a case by case basis, but it is unlikely they are in the public domain unless there is a clear statement to that effect. In my experience with libjpeg, people seldom consider copyright when submitting an image in a bug report, especiallly if they only provide an URL rather than having the image as an attachment. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150326190535.GA30307@yellowpig
