[Pkg-tcltk-devel] tclex_1.2a1-16_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Scott Kitterman]

Sergei Golovan <sgolovan at debian.org> wrote:
>Hi Scott!
>
>On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Scott Kitterman
><ftpmaster at ftp-master.debian.org> wrote:
>>
>> Review thanks to one of our trainees.  Unfortunately this package has
>to be
>> rejected.  The licensing is unclear on several files.
>>
>> Neil Walker is the author of those files and not mentioned in
>debian/copyright
>> and there is no indication of the license he intended for the files:
>>
>> tclex-1.2a1.orig/examples/pascal/pascal.tcl:# Author   : Neil Walker
>> tclex-1.2a1.orig/examples/strip/strip.tcl:# Author   : Neil Walker
>
>I don't see why these files should bear another copyright. They are
>examples written specifically for tcLex, not that they are borrowed
>from some other software.

Should/shouldn't doesn't matter. They do.  They are a creative work that, absent information to the contrary,  belongs to their author.

>>
>> The files RE80.c/RE81.C/RE82.c appear to be modifications of files
>taken from
>> tcl, but the licensing and copyright information about the original
>files
>> appears to be missing.
>
>RE82.c is not a modification. It's just a wrapper which calls original
>Tcl functions.
>
>RE80.c and RE81.c are indeed modifications. I'll try to contact the
>author and clarify the license with him.
>
>Cheers!

Please check on the examples too.

Scott K