On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Ludovic Drolez wrote: > Moreover, Jim Breen, the author of kanjidic, explained me that Jack > Halpern's SKIP copyright statement is a "dead letter" (and kanjidic > file has been used by freeware and shareware for a decade without > Jack Halpern making any noise about it). He'll also see if Jack > Halpern will agree to a more sensible copyright statement for the > SKIP codes. As far as copyright goes, non-enforcement does not change the copyright at all one way or the other. Furthermore, Debian's useage extends far beyond mere non-profit or research only useage, so the history of the enforcement of its use in freeware and shareware for a decade isn't particularly relevant. If this were still an issue for kanjidic, the SKIP codes inclusion in Debian would still require a valid license which is DFSG free. Mere lack of copyright enforcement activity is not sufficient. > Anyway SKIP codes are not distributed anymore with the latest upload > of kanjidic, so I close this bug. Please change debian/copyright to reflect that fact before you close the bug. Don Armstrong -- All bad precedents began as justifiable measures. -- Gaius Julius Caesar in "The Conspiracy of Catiline" by Sallust http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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