Re: unknown license for package/debian/* in d/copyright in adopted package

2016-12-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Nicholas D Steeves writes ("unknown license for package/debian/* in d/copyright in adopted package"): > I'm adopting src:muse-el, and the old d/copyright file does not state > which license the old debian/* uses. This kind of thing is quite annoying. I would encourage everyone who does

Re: Ask about the license "permissive"

2016-12-30 Thread Dmitry Alexandrov
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 at 20:50:10 +0300, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> > There is "permissive" used as name. Is this the correct name of the >> > license? >> >> It look like a simplified variation on so called ‘Historical >> Permission Notice and Disclamer’ [0][1]. It is indeed a lax permissive >>

Re: Ask about the license "permissive"

2016-12-30 Thread Simon McVittie
On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 at 20:50:10 +0300, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: > > There is "permissive" used as name. Is this the correct name of the > > license? > > It look like a simplified variation on so called ‘Historical > Permission Notice and Disclamer’ [0][1]. It is indeed a lax permissive >

Re: Ask about the license "permissive"

2016-12-30 Thread Jörg Frings-Fürst
Hello Dmitry, many thanks for your answer. Am Freitag, den 30.12.2016, 20:46 +0300 schrieb Dmitry Alexandrov: > > Hello, > > > > I want to adopt the package xtrkcad and I have a question about the > > license of app/tools/dirent.*. > > > > The license text is > > [quote] > > Permission to

Re: Ask about the license "permissive"

2016-12-30 Thread Dmitry Alexandrov
> Hello, > > I want to adopt the package xtrkcad and I have a question about the > license of app/tools/dirent.*. > > The license text is > [quote] > Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its >  documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided >  

Re: Ask about the license "permissive"

2016-12-30 Thread Dmitry Alexandrov
> Hello, > > I want to adopt the package xtrkcad and I have a question about the > license of app/tools/dirent.*. > > The license text is > [quote] > Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its >  documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided >  

Ask about the license "permissive"

2016-12-30 Thread Jörg Frings-Fürst
Hello, I want to adopt the package xtrkcad and I have a question about the license of app/tools/dirent.*. The license text is [quote] Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its  documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided  that this copyright