On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:04:40 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: > On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 08:28:24PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > Hence, I think the Right Thing(TM) to do is properly documenting > > where the file `mmx.h' came from (that is to say: FFmpeg) and which > > is the license the project we borrowed it from is available under > > (that is to say: the GNU (L)GPL). > > Once this is clearly documented in the debian/copyright file, I feel > > that the issues with mmx.h will be solved. > > I didn't slap a license header on the newly created mmx.h on purpose. > Assuming that such a thing could be copyrightable is just plain silly.
I'm not saying that you should insert a copyright and permission notice *inside* the `mmx.h' file: I'm just suggesting that you document where it came from and that the work you took it from is available under the GNU GPL. This could well be documented in a separate file (for the Debian package the right place is the debian/copyright file, for the upstream package some README file could do...). Once this is done, we can stop guessing about the copyrightability of `mmx.h', I think... I hope this clarifies. -- But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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