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Re: [paolos@ares.omninet.it: Re: atp 1.2 copyright]



On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:

> I have created a package of atp, a text to postscript converter
> which I rather like. The license in the source archive
> is not DFSG-compliant but I did receive this email from the author
> about it. How can I best express this in the package?

I'd say, just include this message in /usr/doc/copyright. 

A better solution would probably be if the other releases a new version of
his package and includes something like this:

-----
 atp is Copyright (C) 19xx <his name>

 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
 Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
 later version.

 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-----


Thanks,

Chris

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