* Giacomo A. Catenazzi [090320 10:08]:
> >Too often, though, such files are a set of license *terms* only (e.g.
> >the text of the GPL), with no copyright status or explicit *grant* of
> >license. That's not enough for Debian to know the rights of
> >recipients: mere inclusion of license terms is
Ben Finney wrote:
[note: quotations in random order]
(We're now in ‘debian-legal’ territory; please follow up there.)
Too often, though, such files are a set of license *terms* only (e.g.
the text of the GPL), with no copyright status or explicit *grant* of
license. That's not enough for Deb
(We're now in ‘debian-legal’ territory; please follow up there.)
Dominik Smatana writes:
> One more "license-newbie" question:
>
> In some upstream source files there is just one single line comment at
> beginning:
>
> // Please see included LICENSE.TXT
>
> licensecheck says "UNKNOWN" of cour
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 09:51:25AM +0100, Dominik Smatana wrote:
> Hello,
>
> thank you for answers.. I'll contact upstream author.
>
> One more "license-newbie" question:
>
> In some upstream source files there is just one single line comment at
> beginning:
>
> // Please see included LICENSE.
Hello,
thank you for answers.. I'll contact upstream author.
One more "license-newbie" question:
In some upstream source files there is just one single line comment at
beginning:
// Please see included LICENSE.TXT
licensecheck says "UNKNOWN" of course...
Is such reference to external file suf
On 11693 March 1977, Dominik Smatana wrote:
> Or should I edit these files and add missing licenses (copy & paste
> from "main" file)?
Talk to upstream. Unless you have written the files it is *NOT* yours to
declare them being licensed in whatever way.
--
bye, Joerg
hmm, I should fill in the b
On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 14:20 +0100, Dominik Smatana wrote:
> Hello,
>
> there are missing licenses in some source files in upstream project
> I'm packaging for Debian.
>
> There is just license in the "main" source file.
>
> Is it fine?
>
> Or should I edit these files and add missing licenses (
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Dominik Smatana
wrote:
> Or should I edit these files and add missing licenses (copy & paste
> from "main" file)?
Please don't do this yourself!
Ask upstream to fix this and better to provide entire PACKAGE license
(It is also possible that some files can be unde
Hello,
there are missing licenses in some source files in upstream project
I'm packaging for Debian.
There is just license in the "main" source file.
Is it fine?
Or should I edit these files and add missing licenses (copy & paste
from "main" file)?
Thanks for advice.
Dominik Smatana
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