Le Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:35:01PM +0200, Grammostola Rosea a écrit : > Hi, > > What if some of the used parts of the app are copyright by other authors? > > > I've now: > > Copyright: > > Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Sean Bolton > > Copyright (C) 2001,2002 Nick Dowell. > Copyright (C) 1999 S. J. Brookes. Copyright (C) 2002 Mats > Copyright > (C) 2002-4 Tim Goetze. > Copyright (C) 2003 Peter Hanappe > > > > Copyright (C) 2003 Fons Adriaensen. > Copyright (C) 2004 Paul Davis > > Or should I list which specific file or part belongs to the author? How?
Dear Grammostola, it depends on the license of the package: if these copyright statements come from different licenses requiring to preserve the statements in the documents accompanying the binary programs (like many "BSD" or "MIT" licenses, then you will have to reproduce them in debian/copyright. Typically the clause will be: “ Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. ” Otherwise, this is a matter of taste. There are discussions on -devel to define a consensus on what our Policy requires (§2.3). In addition we asked to Software in the Public Interest (SPI) if they can kindly ask their lawyer to provide us some legal advice on the subject, so we may reach a final conclusion in a few monthes. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
