Bug#414844: copyright notices and clarity

2007-03-16 Thread Ian Jackson
Rafael writes: Look, for instance, at the text of the GPL, around this excerpt: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs [snip] To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively

Bug#414844: copyright notices and clarity

2007-03-16 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri 2007-03-16 13:40:05 -0400, Ian Jackson wrote: What is required for a program to be in Debian is that we (which includes the developers, our users, the ftpmasters, etc.) are _clear_ on what the licence is, and which files are covered by what

Bug#414844: copyright notices and clarity

2007-03-16 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
Ian, Thanks a lot for your suggestions and also for reporting your private discussion with Simon Tatham. Daniel and I have already agreed about the license status of the headerless files. BTW, the package is already uploaded and is sitting at the NEW queue. [Daniel: if you wish to follow