Licence problems

G. Milde g.milde at web.de
Wed Apr 5 11:14:25 UTC 2006


On  3.04.06, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> * G. Milde <g.milde at web.de> [2006-04-03 08:51]:
> 
> > Are you sure, that the copyright file of the package needs to mention every
> > single file of the project? This would be a huge redundancy for all packages
> > of heterogeneous stuff. What does e.g. emacs-goodis do?
> 
> If the majority of the files share the same licensing terms, then one
> need only to mention this common licensing once and then each one of the
> exceptions.

In jed-extra, currently all modes are under the GPL. 
Attached is a list produced with a grep for Copyright.

All modes have a copyright note including creator and date, either in the
source or in the dcdata.txt file.

If Paul could make sure there is a copyright date for occur.sl, we could
 
 * state that all modes are GPL
 * list authors
 * refer to the sources for details

 
> Here is an example of a package with a complex copyright file:
> 
> http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/o/octplot/octplot_0.3.5-2/octplot.copyright

There is some interesting stuff to see in this example:

 * The bulk of the files (i.e. all with GPL and copyright by Shai Ayal)
   is not listed with copyright date. Nor does a general date appear for
   non-exceptional files.


Guenter   


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