Le Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 06:50:49PM +0200, Florent Rougon a écrit : > > [ Remainder: this thread is about a file whose copyright/licensing > statement is of the form: > > # Copyright (C) 2002-2010, 2013, 2014 ... > # Copyright (C) 2000 ... > # > # This program is in the public domain. > > It has been established by the mavens from this list that the > copyright statements contradict the "public domain" assertion, and > that simply stating "This program is in the public domain" is not > enough to make it so in general. As a consequence, I am trying to have > the file relicensed under a proper license such as BSD-2 or BSD-3. I > have also taken note of the suggestions given here about the Apache > Software Foundation License 2.0 (which I am still considering) and the > CC-0, thank you. ] > > Sorry for the little delay. I have recently tried to contact the person > who is most likely, appart from me, to legitimately own some copyright > over the file in question in this thread, namely demo.py from > pythondialog (python-dialog in Debian). This person has been friendly in > the past, there is no problem on this side, however time is pressing > because of the imminent freeze of jessie and I am therefore considering > the other alternative.
Hello Florent, you can decouple the two issues: - The package is totally redistributable in Debian as it is, you do not need to relicense the files to update to the new upstream release. - You can work on the resolving the apparent contradiction at the pace you want, you can even consider it a wishlist, “patch welcome” issue only. Have a nice week-end, -- Charles Plessy Debian Med packaging team, http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141011003846.ga14...@falafel.plessy.net
