> > What changed since tobi's comment in May on the ITP bug? > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894865#30 > > I exchanged emails with the developer of the non-free files and had to make > corrections from the licenses and added a disclaimer about this package. I believe this is the problematic section of debian/copyright? I also found https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses#Public_Domain helpful. Files: data/* Copyright: not applicable Author: 2004 Studio Pixel <amaya.pixel@gmail.com> License: public-domain This software was written by Daisuke Amaya also known by his art name 'Pixel'. . You absolutely can't use these in anything commercial; the work is not subject to copyright in any jurisdiction. . This file is in the public domain. It is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. Use at your own risk. The second paragraph is self-contradicting - if it's not subject to copyright, then it's use can't be restricted to NC. Perhaps the author would prefer a different license? (any form of NC is still non-free) To avoid future disputes, after a private email conversation it is necessary to have a public record of the conclusion. Perhaps the author would be happy to email a CC0 style waiver: https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/waiver * For public-domain "Copyright" line means who had the authority to license the work, i.e. the author, not "not applicable" * Since the full name is known, I would put that in the copyright line e.g Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya <amaya.pixel@gmail.com> > > Why do you have 3 sponsorship-requests bugs open for the same package? > > Please close two of them and re-title the bug you leave open to the new > > version. > > Okay, I'll close these open requests. As well as closing 903872 & 905984 for the old version, it would help if 906536 blocks the ITP but lose the "[ITP]" in the subject. FWIW these days I don't bother with sponsorship-requests for games and just post directly to the mailing list and only if I get no response raise an RFS. -- Phil Morrell (emorrp1)
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