Hi Scott, I'm forwarding the answer of the author of tcLex. Do you think it's sufficient? If yes then I'll add appropriate notes with this message to the debian/copyright and reupload the package.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 2:02 PM Subject: Re: tcLex packaging for Debian - license clarification is needed To: Sergei Golovan <[email protected]> Hi Sergei, Wow, this is an old project and I don't remember all the details, but here are my answers to your questions: 1) I can't remember exactly what the agreement was, but I believe both the general license and the copyright mentions apply. 2) I think the tcLex license should apply to all code: both files include modified Tcl code plus tcLex-specific code (mostly at the end of the file). According to the Tcl license: "Modifications to this software may be copyrighted by their authors and need not follow the licensing terms described here, provided that the new terms are clearly indicated on the first page of each file where they apply." As these changes are very project-specific, I think this clause applies. 3) Yes, tcLex licence applies as this is 100% new code with no change to the Tcl code. Cheers, Fred ----- Mail original ----- De: "Sergei Golovan" <[email protected]> À: "Frederic Bonnet" <[email protected]>, "Frederic Bonnet" <[email protected]> Envoyé: Dimanche 1 Septembre 2013 09:04:38 Objet: tcLex packaging for Debian - license clarification is needed Hi Frederic, I'm packaging your tcLex for Debian and I'd like to ask you about the license of a few files in the source tarball (see for example [1]). 1) examples/pascal/pascal.tcl, examples/strip/strip.tcl list Neil Walker as an author. Should his name be added to the copyright holders of these files, or the general license applies? 2) src/RE80.c, src/RE81.c contain modifications of Tcl regexp engine. Would it be correct to apply the original Tcl license to them and your copyright to the modifications only? 3) Am I correct that src/RE82.c doesn't contain the code borrowed from Tcl and just wraps calls to regexp routines? [1] http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tclex/tclex_1.2a1.orig.tar.gz Cheers! -- Sergei Golovan ------------------------------------------------------ Cheers! -- Sergei Golovan _______________________________________________ Pkg-tcltk-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-tcltk-devel
