Re: GPL v1 files

2008-08-24 Thread Ben Finney
Noel David Torres Taño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > El Monday 25 August 2008 07:24:12 Ben Finney escribió: > > Great, thank you for taking on this task. > I think it is my duty as the new package maintainer. Agreed. I'm thanking you for taking on that duty; it isn't a glamorous one, but it is ne

Re: GPL v1 files

2008-08-24 Thread Noel David Torres Taño
El Monday 25 August 2008 07:24:12 Ben Finney escribió: > Noel David Torres Taño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > El Monday 25 August 2008 06:08:38 Ben Finney escribió: > > > In this situation, the package maintainer has the unenviable task > > > of retroactively acquiring explicit written license

Re: GPL v1 files

2008-08-24 Thread Ben Finney
Noel David Torres Taño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > El Monday 25 August 2008 06:08:38 Ben Finney escribió: > > In this situation, the package maintainer has the unenviable task > > of retroactively acquiring explicit written license grants to > > these specific works. This can be done for each wo

Re: GPL v1 files

2008-08-24 Thread Noel David Torres Taño
El Monday 25 August 2008 06:08:38 Ben Finney escribió: > Noel David Torres Taño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > El Monday 25 August 2008 04:35:10 Ben Finney escribió: > > > This hinges on the exact text of the grant of license. Please show > > > it here so we can examine what it says. > > > > T

Re: GPL v1 files

2008-08-24 Thread Ben Finney
Noel David Torres Taño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > El Monday 25 August 2008 04:35:10 Ben Finney escribió: > > This hinges on the exact text of the grant of license. Please show > > it here so we can examine what it says. > > There is nothing like that. There is only a declaration saying that >

Re: GPL v1 files

2008-08-24 Thread Noel David Torres Taño
El Monday 25 August 2008 04:35:10 Ben Finney escribió: > Noel David Torres Taño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have some files in the package I'm maintaining which are (most > > probably) under GPLv1. > > Is GPL version 1 specified? Or is it licensed under "the GNU General > Public License a

Re: GPL v1 files

2008-08-24 Thread Ben Finney
Noel David Torres Taño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have some files in the package I'm maintaining which are (most > probably) under GPLv1. Is GPL version 1 specified? Or is it licensed under "the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation" without a version number

Re: GPL v1 files

2008-08-24 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 04:08:08AM +0200, Noel David Torres Taño wrote: > Hello mentors: > > I have some files in the package I'm maintaining which are (most probably) > under GPLv1. And it is NOT in /usr/share/common-licenses > > What must I do? To install the GPL-1 file there or to express the

GPL v1 files

2008-08-24 Thread Noel David Torres Taño
Hello mentors: I have some files in the package I'm maintaining which are (most probably) under GPLv1. And it is NOT in /usr/share/common-licenses What must I do? To install the GPL-1 file there or to express the whole license text in debian/copyright and reference it? Thanks Noel Torres er E