On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:05:01 -0300, "Nelson A. de Oliveira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi mentors! > > I am creating a package of a program that have several files with: > > * The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public > * License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file > * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of > * the License at http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/ > > Asking the upstream author about the license of the program, he said > that it's legacy code and the program is licensed under GPL only. > > My doubt is if it's OK to say on debian/copyright that it's licensed > under GPL, as the author said, or if I can't say that it's GPL until > he releases a new source code saying that it's GPL and not NPL.
I guess better wait for upstream release with the GPL as license. If this don't happen in a few days, release the package under GPL, but put a statement in debian/copyright with the message received from upstreamer saying that this is under GPL. > > Thank you very much! > > Best regards, Abraços > Nelson sorry by duplicate message > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Henrique Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG: 0x5CC596AF at pgp.mit.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
