Re: License of patch
On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 11:25:32AM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> > but I can not find the place for JP patch. Previous maintainer in Debian JP
> > told me that he think the source is released on the newsgroup fj.sources.
> > Now I try to contact the author of JP patch to make assure of the license
> > as well as the place to get the source.
>
> I would like to know, is it necessary to show the license
> of a patch in Debian Policy ?
>
> There are packages of Debian which use patch(es) but do not
> mention any license about patch(es) applied in copyright.
Hm, this question is still not answered?
Usually, licence of the patch is the licence of the file patched,
i.e. the licence of the program. If the patch licence is different,
then yes, you ought to include it in debian/copyright.
--
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