On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:23:59 -0400 Andrew SB wrote: > I suppose the real question is whether or not including the copyright > year is a MUST or SHOULD. As Benjamin notes, gnome-icon-theme is > already in Debian and does not include the years in their > debian/copyright.
It's a should as far as I know. > > > >> And maybe you can list the files copyrighted by them? As they do not > >> have copyright over ALL files as listed at the moment. > > > > I do not know if it is possible. Victor, do you know, which files are > > based on gnome-icon-theme files? > > > > This would be best, but as the icons are mixed (some used directly > while others are modified) it could be troublesome. The way we've done > it for now seems to be very common through out Debian and upstream > packages. Many packages list copyright holders that don't have > copyright for every file all together if they use the same license. > Just one example off the top of my head is awn-extra-applets. I'm > listed in a bulk Copyright list, but I'm only the author of one applet > out of many. I know this works, and I do this too sometimes (esp when headers say "the foobar team"), but if it is possible (without a real huge workload), a detailed list would be nice :) > >> + Files: Tango based icons, can you list them? Files: should be a > >> shell-glob/regular expression/whatever (*machine* readable :)) > > > > Same again. Victor, can you list them? > > > > Again, that would be best. But if this proves problematic, would > simply removing this section be acceptable, since putting them in the > public domain explicitly gives up copyright? Implying that we are > relicensing them in Debian? Yeah, would work too. One could even say Victor relicensed them, as he "sells" them in a tarball, saying "GPL" ontop :) > (I hope I don't come off like I'm complaining, just trying to > navigated the sometimes subjective world of the debian/copyright > file.) Not at all, debian/copyright can be a hell, and here we have really low trouble, but when you see some other obscure licenses, one might think: go away, I wont package this, you must be crazy. But as this is not the case here, we should't rant but upload soon :) -- Bruce Schneier Fact Number 1016: Bruce Schneier can guarantee fair exchange without trusted third parties. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
