Quoting umlae...@debian.org (2017-07-29 17:20:53) > Zitat von Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk>: > >> > > >> > These drumkits are in upstream metadata listed _without_ license: > >> > > >> > ColomboAcousticDrumkit (sf) > >> > EasternHop (sf) > >> > Electric Empire (sf) > >> > HardElectro (sf) > >> > HipHop-1 (sf) > >> > HipHop-2 (sf) > >> > Millo's MultiLayered 2 (sf) > >> > Synthie-1 (sf) > >> > VariBreaks (sf) > >> > > >> > In Debian copyright file those are listed as licensed GPL-2. > >> > >> The fact that the metadata doesn't contain a license, does not imply > >> that these files are not GPL-2. Have you actually checked the license > >> of any of these? > > > > The issue here is that information about licensing is unavailable in the > > source package. Title now rephrased to not avoid assumption. > > > > If licensing is based on external information and/or guesswork, then > > that should be documented in debian/copyright. > > hmm. > > the "orig.tar.gz" contains this information, since it includes > "drumkits.json" which includes the licenses for each drumkit as > specified by (their) upstream(s) (which is mostly a casual short name, > rather than the full license text; however, this doesn't make the > licenses any less valid). > > since "drumkits.json" is generated by a script in debian/ this might > require some additional information, so: > > the licenses are obtained from the same source as the information on > how to obtain the drumkits: > "their drumkit feed" (as it is called in debian/README.source). > with "them" being upstream (hydrogen), and their "drumkit feed" being > http://www.hydrogen-music.org/feeds/drumkit_list.php > it is my understanding that this feed is generated from information > that has been directly entered by the upstreams' of the various > drumkits. i have no reason to distrust this source of information. > > therefore, for me the license information *has* been added by > upstream, albeit on a separate channel, and i don't see any problem > with the licenses as stated in d/copyright) > > i agree, this should probably be added to the d/README.source
A week ago I updated debian/copyright in git to elaborate on origin of copyright and licensing as best as I could - which took XML feed into account. In that process, I relicensed some of the drumkits as I found no evidence of the stated licensing but evidence of another. I have failed to identify a source of copyright + licensing for the following, however: EasternHop-1 HipHop-1 HipHop-2 Synthie-1. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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