Re: How to use (free!) sources of other projects without copyright/license information in file?
Michael Tautschnig m...@debian.org writes: Both of the packages claim to be GPL'ed as per COPYING, and I wonder whether this is acceptable for Debian. Probably it is, as ax25-apps is in main. While the GPL strongly recommends putting copyright notices in each source file, it does not require to do so. In the case of ax25-apps, the upstream tarball claims that the work is being licensed under GPL-2. Unless one has evidence that this claim might not be true, I see no reason to think otherwise. Hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87liy9ercn@mid.gienah.enyo.de
Re: How to use (free!) sources of other projects without copyright/license information in file?
* Hendrik Weimer hend...@enyo.de [110514 08:41]: Both of the packages claim to be GPL'ed as per COPYING, and I wonder whether this is acceptable for Debian. Probably it is, as ax25-apps is in main. While the GPL strongly recommends putting copyright notices in each source file, it does not require to do so. In the case of ax25-apps, the upstream tarball claims that the work is being licensed under GPL-2. Unless one has evidence that this claim might not be true, I see no reason to think otherwise. s/evidence/hints/ (Might be the same in proper English, but for non-native speakers like me evidence is stuff good enough for court, which is far to strong here.). And having stuff marked as being from other sources is a very clear indication there might be at least some copyright line missing and very likely also a license. Bernhard R. Link -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110514073718.ga24...@pcpool00.mathematik.uni-freiburg.de
How to use (free!) sources of other projects without copyright/license information in file?
Dear debian-legal, While reviewing the ax_emergency_listen package [1] I found that several source files lack both copyright and license information. The reason for this lack, however, is that they were taken verbatim from ax25-apps *where there is no such information in source files*, as upstream explained to me (Guido, CC'ed) in private. Both of the packages claim to be GPL'ed as per COPYING, and I wonder whether this is acceptable for Debian. Probably it is, as ax25-apps is in main. But how would one, in this case, trace back the origin of those files? Thanks a lot in advance, Michael PS.: Please keep Guido and me CC'ed, neither of us is subscribed. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2011/05/msg00020.html pgpFoLoZkskEL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How to use (free!) sources of other projects without copyright/license information in file?
I'd suggest contacting ax25-apps upstream to clarify the situation: http://www.linux-ax25.org/wiki/Ax25-apps Also, should ax_emergency_listen just be merged into ax25-apps? Then there would be no need for code duplication. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTi==4uwlhkjxn-2bbayhax60mbr...@mail.gmail.com
