Re: Missing licenses in upstream source files

[Dominik Smatana <dominik.smatana@gmail.com>]

Hello,

thank you for answers.. I'll contact upstream author.

One more "license-newbie" question:

In some upstream source files there is just one single line comment at
beginning:

// Please see included LICENSE.TXT

licensecheck says "UNKNOWN" of course...

Is such reference to external file sufficient for source files to be
packed for Debian?

Or should they begin with FULL license included inside?


Thanks.
Dominik Smatana


On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org> wrote:
> On 11693 March 1977, Dominik Smatana wrote:
>
>> Or should I edit these files and add missing licenses (copy & paste
>> from "main" file)?
>
> Talk to upstream. Unless you have written the files it is *NOT* yours to
> declare them being licensed in whatever way.
>
> --
> bye, Joerg
> <vorlon> hmm, I should fill in the buildds box for sparc and make it
>                 flash red and green
>