Hi Adrian,
Am Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 09:28:29PM +0200 schrieb Adrian Dușa:
> Hello Andreas,
>
> I learned this the hardway, with a former co-author from another package of
> mine wanting to forcely take over the package by questioning absolutely
> everything in the package, from code to documentation.
>
> After many iterations with the CRAN maintainers, I learned that the GPL
> licence from the DESCRIPTION file is only about the package as a whole and
> it mostly covers the documentation. As counter-intuitive as it seems, it
> looks like it does *not* cover the actual code inside the package. I was
> specifically made aware about this because I then wrote "I do have previous
> versions of the package before my co-author joined, and prove the code is
> mine to protect its IP" and they replied that unless I specifically mention
> a copyright statement (other than the package's in DESCRIPTION) the code is
> completely unprotected.
>
> This is the story behind that statement in the R file, I chose one that is
> as open as possible (it basically allows everyone to use my code, with a
> simple retention of the copyright notice.
>
> Now, about your specific situation. Do please make me understand, what is
> the exact problem under Debian? Do they not allow such copyright statements?
Its not really a problem. I just need to specify all non-GPLed files
explicitly in d/copyright which I will do. Its just pretty unusual and
thus I was asking whether it is intentional or just a mistake.
Thanks a lot for your quick response
Andreas.
> Best,
> Adrian
>
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 at 14:42, Andreas Tille <andr...@an3as.eu> wrote:
>
> > Hi Adrian,
> >
> > I intend to package amisc for Debian.
> >
> > Inside the DESCRIPTION file of admisc I find:
> >
> > License: GPL (>= 3)
> >
> >
> > but according to the file headers, the license of this software is not GPL
> > but BSD-3-clause:
> >
> > $ head -n24 R/asNumeric.R
> > # Copyright (c) 2019 - 2022, Adrian Dusa
> > # All rights reserved.
> > #
> > # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> > # modification, in whole or in part, are permitted provided that the
> > # following conditions are met:
> > # * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> > # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
> > # * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> > # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
> > # documentation and/or other materials provided with the
> > distribution.
> > # * The names of its contributors may NOT be used to endorse or
> > promote products
> > # derived from this software without specific prior written
> > permission.
> > #
> > # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
> > IS" AND
> > # ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
> > IMPLIED
> > # WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
> > # DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL ADRIAN DUSA BE LIABLE FOR ANY
> > # DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
> > DAMAGES
> > # (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
> > SERVICES;
> > # LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
> > AND
> > # ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
> > TORT
> > # (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
> > THIS
> > # SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
> >
> > Could you please bring the license statements in sync?
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
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