Re: Different copyright on the Bugs pages
On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 10:20:19AM +0200, Jutta Wrage wrote: What is the reason for the pages in /Bugs/ havind a different Copyright? The normal footer trailer is excluded there: #use wml::debian::template title=Debian bug tracking system BARETITLE=true NOC OPYRIGHT=true Now it looks, if all the pages including their translations are owned by Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997, 2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-1997 Ian Jackson. Isn't only the BTS itself under special copyright? The pages under /Bugs/ are derivative works of pages originally written as part of debbugs, and they're still maintained in loose sync (there are various differences in HTML style) with the pages in debbugs CVS. It's appropriate for them to have the same copyright notice as debbugs. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Different copyright on the Bugs pages
On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 05:31:44PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 10:20:19AM +0200, Jutta Wrage wrote: Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997, 2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-1997 Ian Jackson. Isn't only the BTS itself under special copyright? The pages under /Bugs/ are derivative works of pages originally written as part of debbugs, and they're still maintained in loose sync (there are various differences in HTML style) with the pages in debbugs CVS. It's appropriate for them to have the same copyright notice as debbugs. While we're at it: The copyright statements quoted above are for 1994 - 2003. Shouldn't they be updated? I mean, I'm pretty sure there was some debbugs development since then ;) Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Different copyright on the Bugs pages
On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 10:20:19AM +0200, Jutta Wrage wrote: What is the reason for the pages in /Bugs/ havind a different Copyright? The normal footer trailer is excluded there: #use wml::debian::template title=Debian bug tracking system BARETITLE=true NOC OPYRIGHT=true Now it looks, if all the pages including their translations are owned by Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997, 2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-1997 Ian Jackson. Isn't only the BTS itself under special copyright? The bugs pages are derived from the bug tracking system, hence they are available under the same license as the rest of the BTS. -- Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Different copyright on the Bugs pages
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! What is the reason for the pages in /Bugs/ havind a different Copyright? The normal footer trailer is excluded there: #use wml::debian::template title=Debian bug tracking system BARETITLE=true NOC OPYRIGHT=true Now it looks, if all the pages including their translations are owned by Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997, 2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-1997 Ian Jackson. Isn't only the BTS itself under special copyright? greetings Jutta - -- http://www.witch.westfalen.de http://witch.muensterland.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkNYpMMACgkQOgZ5N97kHkes8gCgn8OV/TQMxNSKop4tLAHa8ZlD yTcAn0UR8tWMgy7F5677hEMMdWNisT1V =W8SJ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
