Hi Scott, 1) I'd say that he said that the general tcLex license applies to the examples as well, but probably you're right. I'll add Neil Walker as a copyright holder for these two files.
2) It's doable to find the original copyright holder for the Tcl files. I'll do that and document in debian/copyright. I hope to upload the corrected package on the next weekend. Thank you for the suggestions. On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for following up on this. Here are my thoughts on this: > > 1. Add Neil Walker as a copyright holder using the same license (that's my > interpretation of what he said). > > 2. For this one, I think a bit of research will be required. The original > copyright holders of the Tcl files still hold copyright on their work, even > though they aren't mentioned in the derivative work (removing them was a > mistake - it's an upstream bug, but it seems like one that's unlikely to be > corrected given the age of the package). You should be able to find, with a > bit of detective work, who they are and add them to debian/copyright along > with the original tcl license. > > 3. This seems fine. > > Scott K > > On Thursday, September 05, 2013 15:01:15 Sergei Golovan wrote: >> 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
