Bug#467435: Bug#467267: libtime-piece-perl: new upstream release needed for Perl 5.10

[gregor herrmann]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:29:08 +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:

> > libtime-piece-perl 1.12-1 is in svn for some time, but I've left it
> > as "UNRELEASED" because I couldn't find anything that at least slight
> > resembles a copyright statement in the source code.
> Well, as this is not a regression from 1.11, it's a separate issue.
> I'm cloning a new bug for it. I'll upload 1.12-1 for the Perl 5.10
> transition soon.

Fair enoguh, and thanks for finishing and uploading the package.
 
> Personally, I don't really think missing copyright notices should be a
> stopper for us at all, as long as there's the license information. Just
> document the assumption that the listed upstream authors are the copyright
> holders. As far as I understand, the Berne Convention guarantees automatic
> copyright even without the notices, and the notices are mostly required
> for proving 'willful infringement' in the US.

I do agree with your reasoning, I just was more (overly?) cautious;
maybe I'm getting to paranoid about copyright issues.

Anyway, it's good to hear a European voice of reason :)
 
Cheers,
gregor
 
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