* Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-02-11 00:37:31 -0800]: > severity 410079 important > severity 410093 important > severity 410094 important > thanks > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 04:09:47PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > > Many hyphenation patterns are distributed without copyright and > > license information. It seems that most patterns are copied from the > > Openoffice.org sources, where these files are now removed. > > As far as I'm aware, hyphenation rules for a language contain no significant > creative element and as such are not subject to copyright. It's fine to > credit the folks responsible for compiling these hyphenation rules into a > usable form, and to respect their wishes regarding the use of those rules, > but I don't see anything here that would warrant removing packages from a > release. > > Thanks, > -- > Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS > Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
Steve, I've forwarded Matthias's report upstream and as far as the relevant folks have been able to check those files are dfsg-free and the only problem seems to be the wording in the readme files. All word list files were originally taken from the openoffice distribution and those that differ from the oo have licensing information. Thank you for stepping in and saying a word about the RC status. I will finish pulling info from upstream to adjust the copyright statement, but I also believe that this issue is not release-critical. Regards, Alex. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
