[libperlio-utf8-strict-perl] 03/04: Update copyright paragraph for quickbrown.txt

[Florian Schlichting]

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commit 80cdd83d7d7901697dedf027733caf6714c1d5b5
Author: Florian Schlichting <fsfs at debian.org>
Date:   Tue Mar 4 14:21:47 2014 +0100

    Update copyright paragraph for quickbrown.txt
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 debian/copyright | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 4e310cb..ce250e2 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -10,8 +10,42 @@ License: Artistic or GPL-1+
 
 Files: corpus/quickbrown.txt
 Copyright: 2010, Markus Kuhn <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/>
- 2010, Computer Association of Thailand
-License: tbd
+ 2010, The Computer Association of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King
+License: mgk-short-license
+ This code was published by its author(s) as an easily reusable piece of free
+ software, for example to demonstrate some particular programming practice. It
+ is likely too short or obvious to skilled programmers to fall under, or
+ deserve, the protection of copyright legislation. It is also likely to be
+ useless on its own, unless verified and integrated into a larger program by an
+ experienced software engineer, and therefore no consumer protection, warranty
+ or liability rights apply either. Therefore, its author(s) refused to
+ disfigure its appearance with a lengthy copyright license text.
+ .
+ Nevertheless, overly cautious lawyers (possibly as part of a “due diligence
+ exercise”) occasionally contact authors of such short code snippets for a
+ formal copyright license.
+ .
+ Therefore, the author(s) agree(s) to clarify that, at the user’s choice, the
+ code can be used under any of the following licenses, or any compatible with
+ them:
+ .
+ - Apache License, 2.0
+ - BSD license
+ - GNU General Public License (GPL)
+ - GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License (LGPL)
+ - MIT license
+ - Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL)
+ - Common Development and Distribution License
+ - Eclipse Public License
+Comment: In a mail to #740281 the author explains his "reluctance to add
+ formal copyright licences to work that is probably far too short and trivial
+ to fall under copyright legislation", work that is not strictly code and a
+ compilation of single sentences from unknown people. mgk-short-license is the
+ license he would have put on it if it was a substantial piece of code, so
+ since the file appears and is used in the context of code, to capture the
+ spirit of how the author intends his work to be used and to argue that this is
+ without doubt DFSG-free, the license is reproduced here as illustration and
+ guideline.
 
 Files: debian/*
 Copyright: 2014, Florian Schlichting <fsfs at debian.org>

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