On 9 November 2012 12:44, Maykel Moya <mm...@mmoya.org> wrote:

> Even in the case of the more restrictive license applying only to
> debian/* work? Could you/someone elaborate a little the implications of
> this (link to fine documentation is welcomed)?
>

I'm not sure if there's a Debian rule about it, but I'd consider it good
etiquette, if you're adding something to a much larger work, to follow the
author's lead on licensing.

For instance: say you patch the code to fix a bug you notice while you're
packaging. You don't forward the patch at the time, but the upstream author
later sees it and wants to include it. If debian/ is under the same
license, he's free to use your code and credit you. If debian/ is more
restricted, he has to try to contact you to get an appropriate license.

Thanks,
Thomas

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