On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 11:38 +0800, Peter Rock wrote: > I found the following notice in two packages (expect & expect-tcl8.3)... > > What do folks think about this? It is not a clear notice. The note > says what "management" "will eventually say" but "eventually" is not > now. I've sent an email but no response yet. I've simply labeled them > as "unsure". Should I file a bug? > > Other than that, the two sections of MainE are now finished! >
Heres a link for those playing at home: http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/e/expect-tcl8.3/expect-tcl8.3_5.43.0-3ubuntu1/expect-tcl8.3.copyright > ------------------------- > > This package was debianized by David Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > from sources obtained from http://expect.nist.gov/ > It is now maintained by Mike Markley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Copyright: > I'm not sure - does this answer your question? http://expect.nist.gov/FAQ.html#q6 > > You should not claim that you wrote it (since this would be a lie), nor > should you attempt to copyright it (this would be fruitless as it is a > work of the US government and therefore not subject to copyright). > My understanding is anything written by the US govt is placed in the public domain. I'm not sure about written /for/ the US govt. > NIST would appreciate any credit you can give for this work. One line > may suffice (as far as I'm concerned) although there should be > something to the effect that this software was produced for research > purposes. No warantee, guarantee, or liability is implied. > -- Karl Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian / Ubuntu / gNewSense _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
