Re: Request: Source for parts of GNU/Solaris
On Saturday 12 November 2005 05:09, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >> To be more specific: I don't believe that the fact that software A
> >> is being packaged with Debians tools is a derived work of said
> >> tools,
>
> Hmm. What about software bits of the package (maintainer
> scripts, added utilities, prompting infrastructure ) under copyright
> by Debian developers -- do they count?
Upon rereading my sentence there, I see that it doesn't parse as correct
english. I tried to express my belief, that packaging a software with Debian
tools does not make the software itself a derived work. The other question is
whether the package as a whole constitutes more than a "medium of
distribution" but I believe it customary that maintainer scripts follow the
upstream license, which alleviates this problem usually.
Regards, David
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