Public domain and DEP-5-compliant debian/copyright

2014-09-16 Thread Florent Rougon
Hello, I have a few questions regarding public domain and DEP-5-compliant debian/copyright files: 1. I have files in a program with the following copyright statement: # Copyright (C) 2002-2010, 2013, 2014 ... # Copyright (C) 2000 ... # # This program is in the public

Re: Public domain and DEP-5-compliant debian/copyright

2014-09-16 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:18:11AM +0200, Florent Rougon a écrit : 1. I have files in a program with the following copyright statement: # Copyright (C) 2002-2010, 2013, 2014 ... # Copyright (C) 2000 ... # # This program is in the public domain. but, as I

Re: Public domain and DEP-5-compliant debian/copyright

2014-09-16 Thread Ben Finney
Florent Rougon f.rou...@free.fr writes: 1. I have files in a program with the following copyright statement: # Copyright (C) 2002-2010, 2013, 2014 ... # Copyright (C) 2000 ... # # This program is in the public domain. but, as I understand it, public domain is the

Re: Public domain and DEP-5-compliant debian/copyright

2014-09-16 Thread Riley Baird
I would recommend the copyright holders re-release the work clearly marked with a license grant of broad attribution-only license conditions; the Apache Software Foundation License 2.0 URL:http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Apache2.0 is a good one IMO. If they really want public domain,

Simple doubt about section to use

2014-09-16 Thread Eriberto Mota
Hi, I am reviewing the package lutris (ITP #754129). From upstream[1]: --- Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux. It makes gaming on Linux easier by taking care of managing, installing and providing optimal settings for games. Lutris does not sell games, you have to provide

Re: Public domain and DEP-5-compliant debian/copyright

2014-09-16 Thread Ian Jackson
Ben Finney writes (Re: Public domain and DEP-5-compliant debian/copyright): Florent Rougon f.rou...@free.fr writes: 1. I have files in a program with the following copyright statement: # Copyright (C) 2002-2010, 2013, 2014 ... # Copyright (C) 2000 ... # # This

Re: Simple doubt about section to use

2014-09-16 Thread Ian Jackson
Eriberto Mota writes (Simple doubt about section to use): I am reviewing the package lutris (ITP #754129). From upstream[1]: This seems like a package manager. My doubt is if is a main or contrib program. I think in main, because lutris can survive running DFSG games only. However, we have

Re: Simple doubt about section to use

2014-09-16 Thread Eriberto
Thanks Ian! Pierre, you need think about what to do. Cheers, Eriberto 2014-09-16 13:46 GMT-03:00 Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk: At DC14 we had a conversation about the fact that at the moment it is not possible for a user to say only once, when installing Debian, that they

Re: Simple doubt about section to use

2014-09-16 Thread Eriberto
2014-09-16 14:53 GMT-03:00 Pierre Rudloff cont...@rudloff.pro: Unfortunately, Lutris does not provide any information about the games' licence. So I guess we should add it to contrib ? I think that it is the better way. Eriberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Simple doubt about section to use

2014-09-16 Thread Pierre Rudloff
Unfortunately, Lutris does not provide any information about the games' licence. So I guess we should add it to contrib ? Regards, Le 16/09/2014 19:18, Eriberto a écrit : Thanks Ian! Pierre, you need think about what to do. Cheers, Eriberto 2014-09-16 13:46 GMT-03:00 Ian Jackson

Re: Simple doubt about section to use

2014-09-16 Thread Ian Jackson
Pierre Rudloff writes (Re: Simple doubt about section to use): Unfortunately, Lutris does not provide any information about the games' licence. So I guess we should add it to contrib ? I think so, I'm afraid. Maybe there is part of it that doesn't involve the library feature, or in other

Re: Public domain and DEP-5-compliant debian/copyright

2014-09-16 Thread Ben Finney
Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk writes: This is nonsense. Courts are not computers. When interpreting legal documents such as licences, they read the intent of of the author. We would hope so, yes. They also take into account the intent of the *current* copyright holder. Courts

Re: Simple doubt about section to use

2014-09-16 Thread Mark Weyer
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:10:53AM -0300, Eriberto Mota wrote: Hi, I am reviewing the package lutris (ITP #754129). [...] My doubt is if is a main or contrib program. I think in main, because lutris can survive running DFSG games only. However, we have the possibility to install