Re: all rights reserved

[Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>]

>   /* simple password generator by XXX
>    * copyright 1991, all rights reserved.
>    * You can use this code as long as my name stays with it.
>    */
> 
> The file builds into a stand-alone utility which is not crucial to the
> package (it just takes a command-line argument and invokes crypt(3),
> displaying the result).
> 
> I'm worried that this file does not satisfy the DFSG.
> 
> Would that restrict me from uploading the entire package source?  Or
> only from including the utility in the binary package?
> 
> If this is a FAQ, then please point me in the right direction.

 I think that if you make the author put that an "You can use, modify and
distribute this code as long as my name stays with it.", everything should
be fine.