Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > 2009/5/20 Francesco Poli <[email protected]>: >> On Wed, 20 May 2009 13:31:06 +0200 Mehdi Dogguy wrote: >>> While packaging a software for Debian, I found an empty file under >>> a proprietary license in upstream's tarball. The file contains only >>> the header which says who is the copyright holder and the license >>> under which it was released. There is no source code in it, at all. >>> > > To me this looks like they tool proprietary code and then piece by > piece torn it apart into different files. >
I don't see why it could be a problem since they own the proprietary code and they have the right to free their code. > Is it possible to you to check their version control system to make > sure the proprietary code did not "migrate" into other files that now > are prodly labeled GPL..... > I don't have access to their VCS. All best, -- Mehdi Dogguy مهدي الدڤي http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~dogguy Tel.: (+33).1.44.27.28.38 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
