pd-zexy (upstream copyright)

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:57:18AM +0200, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
>On 2010-08-17 18:36, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>
>> It was just a suggestion (or, really, a recommendation), not a 
>> requirement (for you as upstream).
>>
>> We (Debian) do need, however, to make sure that upstream copyright 
>> claims and licensing permissions are properly identified.
>>
>> If the file headers do not (in our understanding of legal 
>> requirements for *redistributors* - not for *upstreams*) contain 
>> clear statements of both copyright and licensing, then we will need a 
>> written statement from those authors stating clearly the info we 
>> need.
>>
>> This also, as I see it, implies that if e.g. a README file in the 
>> topmost directory of the upstream tarball claims that this project is 
>> Copyright authors A, B and C, but one file claims Copyright author D, 
>> then file takes presedence over README, and if then that file cannot 
>> be parsed reliably regarding *both* copyright and licensing, then 
>> that file is deemed unsatifiably licensed for redistribution.
>>
>
>thanks for the hint.
>i noticed that upstream's README.txt includes several more authors,
>which do not appear in any source file and definitely not (yet) in
>debian/changelog

Please have a look at the changes I pushed just now, especially the 
FIXMEs in debian/copyright and the rephrasings in changelog.



>> You are free to not want to improve clarity of upstream copyright and 
>> licensing, but you risk some distributors then choosing not to want 
>> to redistribute your fine code.
>>
>
>just for the sake of completeness, i want to point out that pd-zexy has 
>been distributed in Debian and derivatives for more than 5 years. the 
>copyright did not seem to be such an issue until know.
>
>this however can only mean that nobody had a look so close as you guys. 
>upstream is happy about that close inspection and will incorporate 
>changes based on the suggestion on this list in the next upstream 
>release.

We seem to understand each other :-)


  - Jonas

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