Re: Request: Source for parts of GNU/Solaris
On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:12:18 +0100, David Schmitt <david@schmitt.edv-bus.at> said:
> 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.
Customary, but not required. My maintainer scripts often use a
compatible, but not identical, license. And, obviously, the
copyright owner is different.
manoj
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