On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 02:45:11PM +1100, Brian May <bam@debian.org> wrote... > Hello, > > If I download software from sourceforge, and it says on the sourceforge > website that it is GPLed, but the downloaded sourecode doesn't contain > any copyright notice or any license, can I include the software in > Debian main? > > Or do I need to ask the upstream authors to please add the > copyright/license files to their prestine source code first? You should definetly ask the upstream authors to include a licence file, not only is that easyer for us but it is better for the authors too, imaging the upstream tarball being redistributed. In the mean time, quoting the author's e-mail saying that it is GPLed and/or including the URL where it clearly says GPL in the copyright file would be a good interim solution. -- Oliver M. Bolzer oliver@gol.com GPG (PGP) Fingerprint = 621B 52F6 2AC1 36DB 8761 018F 8786 87AD EF50 D1FF
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