-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: copyright of gnuchess book Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:03:41 +0100 From: Simon Waters <[email protected]> To: [email protected] References: <[email protected]>
Alex Ignácio da Silva wrote: > > What's the exact copyright info of GNU Chess openings book > (book_1.01.pgn.gz)? I found a note in the Debian package distribution > stating that this package is in the public domain, is this correct? The record of a chess game being a recording of a public event which requires no creative input is widely regarded as being in the public domain. Annotations and comments are copyrightable, and I have removed a large number by Bloodgood from the PGN file used to created the GNU Chess book. > I would be grateful if someone could post the detailed copyright info of > this package, so that I could give credits to its creators when > redistributing this package. My understanding is that Stuart Cracraft did much of the original compilation. I have done some maintenance (removal of duplicates, removal of annotations, rationalization of spelling of players names etc). But I believe the copyright file in the package to be correct. http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/g/gnuchess-book/gnuchess-book_1.01-2/gnuchess-book.copyright _______________________________________________ Info-gnu-chess mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu-chess
