Re: Upstream pointing to COPYING file in headers

2015-05-01 Thread Ben Finney
Eriberto Mota writes: > --- > (C) 2007-2009 Lluís Batlle i Rossell > Please find the license in the provided COPYING file. > --- That is an assertion of copyright without a grant of license. It may be *intended* to grant some license, and that intention may be meaningful if a case is ever hear

Upstream pointing to COPYING file in headers

2015-05-01 Thread Eriberto Mota
Hi guys, I would like to confirm a situation. In a package that I will sponsor, the upstream points to COPYING file in each header. Here is an example: --- (C) 2007-2009 Lluís Batlle i Rossell Please find the license in the provided COPYING file. --- The provided COPYING file is the conventiona

Re: python-jsmin: evil or not?

2015-05-01 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2015, Richard Fontana wrote: > It's clear that Dave did see the Baruch Even code, since he modified it. > He also says "the credits in the source file are there to honor the > inspiration for the source, not the actual implementation." > None of this makes me inclined to see