[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#361846: non-free license for core.schema

Steve Langasek vorlon at debian.org
Tue Oct 3 04:14:07 UTC 2006


severity 361846 important
retitle 361846 invalid assertion of copyright on contents of core.schema
thanks

> Plus, this is an interface specification if I've ever seen one, and
> interface specifications are not copyrightable under US law.

I agree, but was hesitant to assert this without some corroboration.

If this file is a non-copyrightable interface definition, the bug here is
the presence of a copyright notice and license statement where there should
be none.

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