2009/4/24 Kahunapule Michael Johnson <kahunap...@mpj.cx> > Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > > 2009/4/24 Dmitrijs Ledkovs <dmitrij.led...@gmail.com> > <dmitrij.led...@gmail.com>: > > > 2009/4/22 Jonathan Marsden <jmars...@fastmail.fm> <jmars...@fastmail.fm>: > > > One quick first impression: there are still a few files in the RC2 tarball > that > > licencecheck -r * > > src/modules/common/sapphire.cpp: *No copyright* UNKNOWN > > > last email is about src/utilfuns/win32/dirent.cpp: UNKNOWN > > not sapphire.cpp > > > > I wrote sapphire.cpp and dedicated it to the PUBLIC DOMAIN. > (Just to remove all doubt.) >
Are you from US? If yes, there is no more doubt. Please see forwarded message below. And please consider using CC0 for this or other works which you kindly dedicate to public domain. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> Date: 2009/4/24 Subject: Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free? To: Ben Finney <ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au <ben%2bdeb...@benfinney.id.au>>, Andrew Donnellan <ajdli...@gmail.com> Cc: debian-le...@lists.debian.org On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:52:44AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: public domain dedications have always been fine for Debian and taken at face value, provided that: - the author's intent is unambiguous (i.e., there isn't a statement "this work is in the Public Domain" followed immediately by a license that attempts to restrict use of the work), and - the author lives in a jurisdiction where the principles of the public domain, and public domain dedications, are recognized, even if it's not clear under present law how a public domain dedication can be made. This basically means that public domain dedications are ok if the author is in the US, questionable in most other jurisdictions where we would need clarification from someone familiar with the legal systems, and known to be insufficient in Germany. Even in cases where public domain is considered ok for Debian, it's preferable (and IMHO, better meets the goals of anyone wishing to place their work in the PD) that the author also include an explicit, liberal license with an explanation that this is done in case the PD dedication is not recognized as valid. The Creative Commons "CC0" license is an effective way to do this: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/ -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- With best regards Dmitrijs Ledkovs (for short Dima), Ледков Дмитрий Юрьевич
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