I was packaging elk for Debian, and also became new upstream because it was unmaintained. I wonder what I should do with the license (atta- ched to this message, even if not really necessary). It is an MIT-like license, and there is no real permission to modify it, but if I am a new copyright co-holder I should be allowed to add my name to it, right?
Also the license says "Oliver Laumann (me)". I'd like to remove the "(me)" part since it's no longer really "him". Is that minor change allowed? Regards, -- Sam.
$Id: COPYING 220 2003-09-28 12:49:25Z sam $ Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, Oliver Laumann, Berlin (except for the contents of the directory `doc/usenix'). Copyright 2002, 2003 Sam Hocevar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paris This software was derived from Elk 1.2, which was Copyright 1987, 1988, 1989, Nixdorf Computer AG and TELES GmbH, Berlin (Elk 1.2 has been written by Oliver Laumann (me) for TELES Telematic Services, Berlin, in a joint project between TELES and Nixdorf Microprocessor Engineering, Berlin). Oliver Laumann, TELES GmbH, and Nixdorf Computer AG, as co-owners or individual owners of copyright in this software, grant to any person or company a worldwide, royalty free, license to i) copy this software, ii) prepare derivative works based on this software, iii) distribute copies of this software or derivative works, iv) perform this software, or v) display this software, provided that this notice is not removed and that neither Oliver Laumann nor Teles nor Nixdorf are deemed to have made any representations as to the suitability of this software for any purpose nor are held responsible for any defects of this software. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY FOR THIS SOFTWARE.
