It wasn't rejected. That was a prod. I'll follow up off list On Jul 15, 2013 6:00 AM, "Mathieu Malaterre" <ma...@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi, > > My pixelmed-java upload has been rejected for the following reason: > > o com/pixelmed/web/package.html is "Copyright all rights reserved" > > The only reference I could find about this, is the following [1]: > > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=62656#p363466 > > Could someone please point me to proper debian documentation > explaining the issue with "all rights reserved". > > Thanks much, > > [1] > The "all rights reserved" notice is an archaism which stems from the > period when it was required that an author explicitly proclaim his > copyright in order for his work to be protected under copyright law. > It generally has not been necessary to mark your work as copyrighted > for about two decades now (in some jurisdictions, the change was made > about 60 years ago); and the phrase, "all rights reserved", no longer > has any legal impact on copyright status. > > Nowadays, all creative works such as computer programs are afforded > copyright protection whether the creator wants it or not. Amongst the > rights reserved to the copyright holder is the right to offer a > license so that others may copy, modify, and/or distribute the > program. It is my understanding that QT Creator is now offered under > terms of GNU's Lesser General Public License, but you can contact the > copyright owners to try for alternative licensing terms if you wish. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/CA+7wUsyLWK00CHcoh2gYE2-Do3SRJ7fth9_OiF-_JL=wnps...@mail.gmail.com > >
