Re: How to use (free!) sources of other projects without copyright/license information in file?
* Hendrik Weimer [110514 08:41]: > > Both of the packages claim to be GPL'ed as per COPYING, and I wonder whether > > this is acceptable for Debian. Probably it is, as ax25-apps is in > > main. > > While the GPL strongly recommends putting copyright notices in each > source file, it does not require to do so. In the case of ax25-apps, the > upstream tarball claims that the work is being licensed under > GPL-2. Unless one has evidence that this claim might not be true, I see > no reason to think otherwise. s/evidence/hints/ (Might be the same in proper English, but for non-native speakers like me evidence is stuff good enough for court, which is far to strong here.). And having stuff marked as being from other sources is a very clear indication there might be at least some copyright line missing and very likely also a license. Bernhard R. Link -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110514073718.ga24...@pcpool00.mathematik.uni-freiburg.de
Re: How to use (free!) sources of other projects without copyright/license information in file?
Michael Tautschnig writes: > Both of the packages claim to be GPL'ed as per COPYING, and I wonder whether > this is acceptable for Debian. Probably it is, as ax25-apps is in > main. While the GPL strongly recommends putting copyright notices in each source file, it does not require to do so. In the case of ax25-apps, the upstream tarball claims that the work is being licensed under GPL-2. Unless one has evidence that this claim might not be true, I see no reason to think otherwise. Hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87liy9ercn@mid.gienah.enyo.de
Re: How to use (free!) sources of other projects without copyright/license information in file?
I'd suggest contacting ax25-apps upstream to clarify the situation: http://www.linux-ax25.org/wiki/Ax25-apps Also, should ax_emergency_listen just be merged into ax25-apps? Then there would be no need for code duplication. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTi==4uwlhkjxn-2bbayhax60mbr...@mail.gmail.com
Re: How to use (free!) sources of other projects without copyright/license information in file?
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Guido Trentalancia wrote: > I'll just make an hypotesis. The origin is not very important as long as > the original author doesn't care about claiming it. Being GNU GPL (this > is clearly stated in COPYRIGHT), there is no warranty in any case. If > there is no warranty, then as long as no-one is claiming the copyright, > it shouldn't matter (for example, "orphan package"). Copyright is automatic, it doesn't matter if you claim it or not, your works are still copyrighted. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktimwofsofvckxo-emunkttducjy...@mail.gmail.com
Re: How to use (free!) sources of other projects without copyright/license information in file?
Hello again Michael ! First of all, thanks again very much for all your support and help. On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 22:35 +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > Dear debian-legal, > > While reviewing the ax_emergency_listen package [1] I found that several > source > files lack both copyright and license information. The reason for this lack, > however, is that they were taken verbatim from ax25-apps *where there is no > such > information in source files*, as upstream explained to me (Guido, CC'ed) in > private. > > Both of the packages claim to be GPL'ed as per COPYING, and I wonder whether > this is acceptable for Debian. Probably it is, as ax25-apps is in main. > > But how would one, in this case, trace back the origin of those files? I'll just make an hypotesis. The origin is not very important as long as the original author doesn't care about claiming it. Being GNU GPL (this is clearly stated in COPYRIGHT), there is no warranty in any case. If there is no warranty, then as long as no-one is claiming the copyright, it shouldn't matter (for example, "orphan package"). In this specific case, there is some (possibly incomplete) authorship information in the original "listen" package. As long as I refer to the original package, stating clearly its origin (for example it's web location and name), it is always possible to trace back whatever information the original author wants to provide (in the original source package). If such information is missing or incomplete at the origin it is a matter of the author of that package. Just an hypothesis or "guess". > Thanks a lot in advance, > Michael You are welcome ! > PS.: Please keep Guido and me CC'ed, neither of us is subscribed. > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2011/05/msg00020.html Kind regards, Guido -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1305324589.2641.15.camel@vortex
How to use (free!) sources of other projects without copyright/license information in file?
Dear debian-legal, While reviewing the ax_emergency_listen package [1] I found that several source files lack both copyright and license information. The reason for this lack, however, is that they were taken verbatim from ax25-apps *where there is no such information in source files*, as upstream explained to me (Guido, CC'ed) in private. Both of the packages claim to be GPL'ed as per COPYING, and I wonder whether this is acceptable for Debian. Probably it is, as ax25-apps is in main. But how would one, in this case, trace back the origin of those files? Thanks a lot in advance, Michael PS.: Please keep Guido and me CC'ed, neither of us is subscribed. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2011/05/msg00020.html pgpFoLoZkskEL.pgp Description: PGP signature
