Hi Alexandru, Alexandru Mihail <alexandru.mihail2897@gmail.com> writes: > After a bit more research into how other projects treat NCSA bits I'd > propose something along the lines of: > > debian/copyright: > Files: htpasswd.c Yes, and htpasswd.1. > Copyright: 1993-1994 Rob McCool <robm@stanford.edu> > Copyright: 1997 Jef Poskanzer <jef@mail.acme.com> ? Yes, and you would know the years better than I! Also, you'll need to say a few words about how you established copyright--a very short too long didn't read version of this thread. Find out how to do this at §5.1 of the following (read the short list of fields, and you'll see which one it is): https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#file-syntax > License: NCSA > > > License: NCSA > This code is in the public domain. Specifically, we give to the public > domain all rights for future licensing of the source code, all resale > rights, and all publishing rights. > > We ask, but do not require, that the following message be included in > all derived works: > > Portions developed at the National Center for Supercomputing > Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. > > THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS GIVES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, > FOR THE SOFTWARE AND/OR DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT > LIMITATION, WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A > PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Looks good to me. > Also, looking into your concerns about public domain in other countries > (specifically referring to NCSA's :"This code is in the public > domain"): > > Excerpt from https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses#Public_Domain : [snip] Thank you for looking into this, and for sharing this information. Regards, Nicholas
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