Re: copyright info on linc?

[Michael Meeks <michael ximian com>]

Hi Chris,

On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Chris Waters wrote:
> Debian policy says that each package must have a file,
> /usr/share/doc/<packagename>/copyright, which contains explicit
> copyright information and a copy of or pointer to the license.  But
> looking at linc, I can't find any explicit copyright claims!

        Oh, that sucks. If only I knew how to fix it. I'd appreciate a
patch to do the fixage.

> Now, that's fine, you don't need one legally, and it's pretty clear
> that linc is GPL'd, and I can get the date from the file dates.  The
> only question I have is the copyright holder.  AUTHORS just lists
> Sopwith, but the ChangeLog has a few other prominent people listed.

        linc is LGPL'd.

> So, before I release a packaged version of linc with the statement,
> "Copyright 2001 by Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>", I thought I'd ask
> if that's sufficient, or will other major contributors (esp. Michael
> and Mark) feel left out?

        It should be copyright 2001, Ximian, Inc., Red Hat, Inc. and
whatever Sun use; and yes - do add myself and Mark to the contributors.

        Thanks,

                Michael.

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