Re: License of "debian/" directories
On 10/8/20 3:10 PM, Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > I'm currently asking my employer to let me upstream some changes I've got to > some Debian packaging. Usually, they like to know what the license is. > > What's the license of "debian/" directories in source packages? Not for > native packages, but the packaging for third-party software. Is it the same > as the upstream code, or does Debian own the copyright and have a particular > license for that, or what? > > I looked over the Policy Manual and the Legal FAQ, but didn't see an answer. > Is this something that's been discussed before? > > Best, > joelh Hi Joel, This old thread is probably relevant: https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2018/09/msg0.html Seems like this is a negligence in enforcing Debian developers to explicitly license the Debian package source files. Hong
Re: License of "debian/" directories
Hey Joel, It should be outlined in the debian/copyright file for the package in question Paul On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 6:33 PM Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > I'm currently asking my employer to let me upstream some changes I've > got to some Debian packaging. Usually, they like to know what the > license is. > > What's the license of "debian/" directories in source packages? Not for > native packages, but the packaging for third-party software. Is it the > same as the upstream code, or does Debian own the copyright and have a > particular license for that, or what? > > I looked over the Policy Manual and the Legal FAQ, but didn't see an > answer. Is this something that's been discussed before? > > Best, > joelh > > -- All programmers are playwrights, and all computers are lousy actors. #define sizeof(x) rand() :wq
License of "debian/" directories
I'm currently asking my employer to let me upstream some changes I've got to some Debian packaging. Usually, they like to know what the license is. What's the license of "debian/" directories in source packages? Not for native packages, but the packaging for third-party software. Is it the same as the upstream code, or does Debian own the copyright and have a particular license for that, or what? I looked over the Policy Manual and the Legal FAQ, but didn't see an answer. Is this something that's been discussed before? Best, joelh
