Bug#789374: [Debian] Bug#789374: missing license in debian/copyright [sikkim.svg/saxony.svg]

[Markus Koschany]

Am 21.06.2015 um 15:35 schrieb Jacob Nevins:
> Markus Koschany writes (in Debian BTS and to Marko/myself):
>> what do you think about this bug report? According to the license they
>> are GPL-2+ but the svg metadata claims something different.
> 
>> On Sat, 20. Jun 14:27 Thorsten Alteholz <alteholz at debian.org> wrote:
>>> data/flags/sikkim.svg seems to be licensed under CC 2.0 which is
>>> incompatible with DFSG. Please remove this file from the source tarball.
> 
> This was originally added to Freeciv upstream in
> <http://gna.org/patch/?2011>.
> Flag is described as "PD image" in that ticket, but the version of
> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sikkim_monarchy.svg>
> that was current at the time appears to have had a tag
> {{self|cc-by-sa-2.5}}. This isn't quite the same as what the SVG
> metadata claims, I think; don't know if that makes any difference.
> 
> The current version on Commons is described as "This file is ineligible
> for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists
> entirely of information that is common property and contains no original
> authorship." So we could use that instead?

Yes. I suggest to clarify in the svg metadata that the file is in the
public domain because it is below the threshold of originality. Debian
considers all versions of CC-BY-SA before version 3 to be incompatible
with the DFSG but public domain is fine of course.

>>> data/flags/saxony.svg is licensed under CC 3.0. Please mention this in your
>>> debian/copyright.
> 
> This was added upstream under <http://gna.org/patch/?2205>.
> The then-current version of the Commons file
> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banner_of_Saxony_(1%5E1).svg>
> was described as "Permission=Own work, all rights released (Public
> domain)". The current version is described as being in the public domain
> for various being-a-state-symbol sorts of reasons.
> 
> If so, it looks like the embedded licence metadata for this file is in
> error.

Ok. Here I would also suggest to clarify / change the metadata. I will
document in debian/copyright that both files were granted to the public
domain and close this bug report.

Is it necessary to file an extra upstream bug report for this issue? Do
you want me to file it or do you prefer to take care of this yourself?

Regards,

Markus










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