Re: binreloc -- public domain (resend)
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Christoph Egger
<debian@christoph-egger.org> wrote:
> [this is a resend as I did not receive any answer to the mail directed
> at the other adress]
>
> Hi all!
>
> While I was working on the package for supertux I notices some
> files (binreloc) are -- according to their file header -- placed in
> the public domain. This is per-se of course no problem.
>
> However one of the contributors is listed with a .nl email
> address, which, in contrast, might be a problem as it is *not*
> possible for people from the Netherlands to place their works in the
> public domain. So if any of the contributors is a Citizen of the
> Netherlands (or Germany for that matter) we have *no* license at all
> making it illegal to distribute the code.
>
> Could you please clarify if one of the contributors is hold by
> such restrictions and, if so, could you please give us a regular
> license to use? BSD or zlib might be a good pick but everything that
> is GPL compatible will do.
Hi Christoph.
I don't know but I hereby give you permission to license the source
file under the BSD license or MIT license or whatever.
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