Re: source code written by monkey

2008-08-12 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Ben Finney wrote: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Even if the claim of my monkey wrote it were true, there is no argument given to conclude any particular legal status; merely an assertion that no copyright should apply. That's true. I am not at all convinced his monkey

Re: source code written by monkey

2008-08-12 Thread Ben Finney
Arnoud Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ben Finney wrote: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Even if the claim of my monkey wrote it were true, there is no argument given to conclude any particular legal status; merely an assertion that no copyright should apply.

Re: source code written by monkey

2008-08-12 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Jacobo Tarrio [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080811 15:20]: While these claims seem somewhat far-fetched, the end result is still that the author has asserted the work is public domain. Why not accept that? Because that is not possible in Germany, where (I believe) the author lives. I think it is

Re: source code written by monkey

2008-08-12 Thread Philipp Hübner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Okay, what about this plan: * strip the revoco part and put the rest of btnx into main * create a second package - btnx-nonfree - including the revoco code - and put it into non-free * put conflicts/breaks against each other into the control files,

Re: source code written by monkey

2008-08-12 Thread Ben Finney
Philipp Hübner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * create a second package - btnx-nonfree - including the revoco code - and put it into non-free Once again, to distribute from non-free there needs to be a clear license to redistribute. Without license to redistribute, the Debian project can't