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Re: Freemat license issue



Neil Williams ha scritto:

> You cannot assert that a licence applies (by patching the files to
> declare a licence attribution) if you do not have confirmation from the
> copyright holders of those files. i.e. you cannot claim that these files
> are under any particular licence if upstream have not made that clear.
[...]
>> Is it sufficient a copyright clarification on debian/copyright ?
> 
> The clarification you need is a statement from all the copyright holders
> (or one who is authorised to speak on the behalf of everyone else) that
> a particular licence applies to the specific files in question.
> 

The files in question are in source upstream, but they are taken from
netlib software packages (minipack,
http://www.netlib.org/minpack/disclaimer)

Can I claim that these files are under Minipack license, and write a
statement in debian/copyright?


Thanks.

Giuseppe.


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