Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> IMO, free software cannot force people to do the first item
> (maintain a clear copyright ownership path).
Agreed. I'm talking about what should be accepted in packages
distributed by Debian, not about forcing anyone to do anything.
> It's of course h
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:57:34 +1000 Ben Finney wrote:
> Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> > Wait, are you saying that you consider DFSG-free to require transfer
> > of copyright to the original author(s) in order to redistribute
> > modified versions of a work?
>
> No. That's only
Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:10:03 +1000 Ben Finney wrote:
>
> [...]
> > A party who wishes to exercise their freedoms can do so without
> > identifying themselves, if they anonymously declare that all their
> > modifications are transferred to the existing
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:10:03 +1000 Ben Finney wrote:
[...]
> A party who wishes to exercise their freedoms can do so without
> identifying themselves, if they anonymously declare that all their
> modifications are transferred to the existing copyright holders.
>
> This allows them full exercise o
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Ben Finney:
> > (Please follow the Debian mailing list code of conduct. I didn't
> > ask for personal copies of messages also sent to the list.)
Florian, you've quoted this text but seem to have ignored it. Again,
please follow and stop
sending me c
* Ben Finney:
> (Please follow the Debian mailing list code of conduct. I didn't ask
> for personal copies of messages also sent to the list.)
>
> Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> * Ben Finney:
>> > If not, this does appear to me to be a policy bug. Such a bug must
>> > be fixed eit
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:48:17 +1000 Ben Finney wrote:
[...]
> Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> > that a requirement for precise
> > information on the copyright holder fails the Dissident Test.
>
> I've not seen the Dissident test applied that way.
>
> The Dissident test applies
(Please follow the Debian mailing list code of conduct. I didn't ask
for personal copies of messages also sent to the list.)
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Ben Finney:
> > If not, this does appear to me to be a policy bug. Such a bug must
> > be fixed either by removing the packag
* Ben Finney:
> If not, this does appear to me to be a policy bug. Such a bug must be
> fixed either by removing the package from Debian or by getting a
> clear, correct statement of copyright for the work from the copyright
> holder, and recording that in 'debian/copyright'.
Usually, it's argued
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Such a bug must be fixed either by removing the package from Debian
> or by getting a clear, correct statement of copyright for the work
> from the copyright holder, and recording that in 'debian/copyright'.
I'm pretty sure that we can get this statement f
Damyan Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [Please keep CC debian-perl]
Done.
> I've already filed a bug[1] upstream, but am wondering whether this
> missing copyright notice is a serious bug according to the Policy
> 2.3:
>
> [...]
> Therefore a program without a copyright notice is copyr
[Please keep CC debian-perl]
Dear debian-legal readers,
Currently, libsys-syslog-perl has the following debian/copyright:
[...]
Upstream Author: Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni
This package contains the following copyright notice:
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and
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