Hope this helps https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2017/07/13/msg019836.html
On 14-Jul-2017 11:01 AM, "David Pinto" <carandraug+...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I am packaging a perl distribution (system-info) for Debian which > includes the file /etc/release from NetBSD systems [1,2]. This files > have a copyright header but no actual copyright terms which makes them > a bit problematic for distribution. > > On freenode's #NetBSD I was told that the file is not really under > copyright, and that the notice pertains to the entire NetBSD release. > I would guess then that the file is either not copyrightable or under > the same license as the rest of the distribution. For what is worth, > that notice is there via [3, 4]. > > If someone could confirm or clarify the situation, that would be great > as then I would have a link to use as reference. > > Thank you > Carnë > > [1] https://github.com/Tux/System-Info/blob/master/t/etc/netbsd- > 6.99.24/release > [2] https://github.com/Tux/System-Info/blob/master/t/etc/netbsd- > 7.99.4/release > [3] https://nxr.netbsd.org/xref/src/etc/Makefile#206 > [4] https://nxr.netbsd.org/xref/src/sys/conf/copyright > >
