Re: netlib templates copyrights
An update, I was able to get the author's permission to indicate BSD-3
license for the "templates" code.
He has not yet updated the source archives on netlib, but I have added
a LICENSE to the Siconos repository that embeds this code, citing
permission by personal communication.
I am still hoping they will update the archive, but otherwise I could
forward the email granting permission to this mailing list (it is
quite general) in order to have a public record, but I am not sure if
that's necessary.
Steve
On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Stephen Sinclair <radarsat1@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can try. There are 10 authors listed without email addresses, and
> the code dates back to the 90s, but I am sure some of them are still
> alive.
> I will search for email addresses and try to make contact, but in the
> expectation that it is difficult, I was wondering if there was any
> netlib-specific experience with this kind of thing on Debian Science.
> I will also ask on Debian Legal in the case that I get no reply.
>
> thanks,
> Steve
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 1:47 PM, Anton Gladky <gladk@debian.org> wrote:
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> is it possible to contact the authors/copyright holders of those files?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Anton
>>
>>
>> 2018-04-05 18:02 GMT+02:00 Stephen Sinclair <radarsat1@gmail.com>:
>>> Hello science team,
>>>
>>> The software I am packaging embeds dftemplates and dctemplates from netlib:
>>>
>>> http://www.netlib.org/templates/index.html
>>>
>>> It is clear from the context that this is code to accompany a book and
>>> intended to be used by the readers. However, I cannot find an
>>> explicit copyright, either on the site or in the book. I think it is
>>> public domain but I do not see this written anywhere. I think this is
>>> possibly a common issue with netlib code, how can I proceed? Is it
>>> safe to put Public-Domain in debian/copyright?
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Steve
>>>
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