Re: License of "debian/" directories
On 10/8/20 3:10 PM, Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > I'm currently asking my employer to let me upstream some changes I've got to > some Debian packaging. Usually, they like to know what the license is. > > What's the license of "debian/" directories in source packages? Not for > native packages, but the packaging for third-party software. Is it the same > as the upstream code, or does Debian own the copyright and have a particular > license for that, or what? > > I looked over the Policy Manual and the Legal FAQ, but didn't see an answer. > Is this something that's been discussed before? > > Best, > joelh Hi Joel, This old thread is probably relevant: https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2018/09/msg0.html Seems like this is a negligence in enforcing Debian developers to explicitly license the Debian package source files. Hong
Re: License of "debian/" directories
Hey Joel, It should be outlined in the debian/copyright file for the package in question Paul On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 6:33 PM Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > I'm currently asking my employer to let me upstream some changes I've > got to some Debian packaging. Usually, they like to know what the > license is. > > What's the license of "debian/" directories in source packages? Not for > native packages, but the packaging for third-party software. Is it the > same as the upstream code, or does Debian own the copyright and have a > particular license for that, or what? > > I looked over the Policy Manual and the Legal FAQ, but didn't see an > answer. Is this something that's been discussed before? > > Best, > joelh > > -- All programmers are playwrights, and all computers are lousy actors. #define sizeof(x) rand() :wq
