r43513 - /website/copyright.pod

[jawnsy-guest at users.alioth.debian.org]

Author: jawnsy-guest
Date: Wed Sep  2 16:31:50 2009
New Revision: 43513

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/?sc=1&rev=43513
Log:
Use different messages for things filed via RT vs email

Modified:
    website/copyright.pod

Modified: website/copyright.pod
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/website/copyright.pod?rev=43513&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- website/copyright.pod (original)
+++ website/copyright.pod Wed Sep  2 16:31:50 2009
@@ -272,20 +272,20 @@
 packages, the ftp-master team will reject packages that do not have proper
 copyright and licensing information. It's important to do this in order to
 ensure we comply with Debian Free Software Guidelines. Here is a sample
-message you can send via the CPAN Request Tracker (http://rt.cpan.org) or
-email:
+message you can use.
+
+=head2 CPAN Request Tracker
 
 =begin html
 
 <pre>Hi:
 
-<p>While packaging your module, [<b>Foo::Bar</b>], for Debian, I noticed that
-your module doesn't seem to mention [<b>copyright information, or license
-information, or both</b>].
+<p>While packaging your module, for Debian, I noticed that it doesn't seem
+to mention [<b>copyright information, or license information, or both</b>].
 </p><p>In Debian we need copyright/license information for all of the packages
-we upload. Could you give us (replying to this [<b>bug report or email</b>] is
-fine): years of copyright, copyright holders' names, copyright holders' e-mail
-addresses. Unfortunately without this information we cannot upload it.
+we upload. Could you give us (replying to this bug report is fine): years of
+copyright, copyright holders' names, copyright holders' e-mail addresses.
+Unfortunately without this information we cannot upload it.
 </p><p>This is more than just a Debian issue. I'm not a lawyer, but it's my
 understanding that both copyright and licensing information is vital
 for the continued success of open source software. Copyright is what
@@ -308,6 +308,41 @@
 
 =end html
 
+=head2 E-mail
+
+=begin html
+
+<pre>Hi:
+
+<p>While packaging your module, [<b>Foo::Bar</b>], for Debian, I noticed that
+your module doesn't seem to mention [<b>copyright information, or license
+information, or both</b>].
+</p><p>In Debian we need copyright/license information for all of the packages
+we upload. Could you give us (replying to this email is fine): years of
+copyright, copyright holders' names, copyright holders' e-mail addresses.
+Unfortunately without this information we cannot upload it.
+</p><p>This is more than just a Debian issue. I'm not a lawyer, but it's my
+understanding that both copyright and licensing information is vital
+for the continued success of open source software. Copyright is what
+allows you to assert a license, and a license is what ensures open
+source remains open source, and that users can make use of your software.
+A great article discussing some of this is "What is Copyleft?" by
+Richard Stallman: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/
+</p><p>Thanks for releasing your work to the CPAN. I apologize in advance for
+the noise, as I understand that the last thing most authors want to
+deal with is legal administrivia like this. I do hope, however, that
+you could (in your continued generosity) help us with this request.
+Please also consider adding these statements to your code/package
+README, since we must distribute some evidence of copyright information
+if it is not in the source package itself.
+</p>
+Cheers,
+  
+[<b>Your Name</b>]
+On behalf of the Debian Perl Team</pre>
+
+=end html
+
 =head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
 
 Copyright (c) 2009 Debian Perl Group. All rights reserved.