Re: What to do with sources that lack a copyright

Francesco P. Lovergine: Hmmm, doesn't here is a blessing: **May you do good and not evil. break the No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor part of DFSG? **May you share freely, never taking more than you give. Not to speak of License Must Not Contaminate Other Software...

What to do with sources that lack a copyright

I'm right now trying to debianize sqlite (will post ITP later) and in the process change the build system to use automake (to make things more understandable ;-)). The sqlite source is uncopyrighted (quote from the homepage http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/: Sources are uncopyrighted. Use for any

Re: What to do with sources that lack a copyright

and what about sources without any copyright statement? On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 02:59:28PM +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote: I'm right now trying to debianize sqlite (will post ITP later) and in the process change the build system to use automake (to make things more understandable ;-)). The

Re: What to do with sources that lack a copyright

On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 03:19:47PM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote: and what about sources without any copyright statement? Unless you have a statement otherwise the default is that all you get is fair use rights. -- You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever. --

Re: What to do with sources that lack a copyright

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: Also in the sources: ** The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of ** a legal notice, here is a blessing: IIRC, this is not legally valid; the author must explicitly assign his copyrights to the public domain, or

Re: What to do with sources that lack a copyright

Francesco P. Lovergine: Hmmm, doesn't here is a blessing: **May you do good and not evil. break the No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor part of DFSG? **May you share freely, never taking more than you give. Not to speak of License Must Not Contaminate Other Software...

What to do with sources that lack a copyright

I'm right now trying to debianize sqlite (will post ITP later) and in the process change the build system to use automake (to make things more understandable ;-)). The sqlite source is uncopyrighted (quote from the homepage http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/: Sources are uncopyrighted. Use for any

Re: What to do with sources that lack a copyright

and what about sources without any copyright statement? On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 02:59:28PM +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote: I'm right now trying to debianize sqlite (will post ITP later) and in the process change the build system to use automake (to make things more understandable ;-)). The

Re: What to do with sources that lack a copyright

On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 03:19:47PM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote: and what about sources without any copyright statement? Unless you have a statement otherwise the default is that all you get is fair use rights. -- You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever.

Re: What to do with sources that lack a copyright

On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 02:59:28PM +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote: I'm right now trying to debianize sqlite (will post ITP later) and in the process change the build system to use automake (to make things more understandable ;-)). The sqlite source is uncopyrighted (quote from the homepage

Re: What to do with sources that lack a copyright

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: Also in the sources: ** The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of ** a legal notice, here is a blessing: IIRC, this is not legally valid; the author must explicitly assign his copyrights to the public domain, or