Re: Bug#906536: Sponsor for my package "cavestory-nx"
On Sun, 2018-08-26 at 15:44 -0300, Carlos Donizete Froes wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> > I believe this is the problematic section of debian/copyright? I
> > also
> > found https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses#Public_Domain helpful.
>
> I would like the section of this game to be "contrib/games",
> but because of this problem I left it as a "non-free/games".
>
> > 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)
>
> Removed this second paragraph from the copyright.
> > 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>
>
> Many thanks for the tip, and modified according to the instructions.
You cannot just drop paragraphs from d/copyright at will, it needs to
be backed up by a statement of the copyright owners.
Can you, by change, forward the original statement of "pixel", on which
basis you wrote d/copyright, to this bug/list?
Thanks!
--
tobi
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