On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > I think here a bit better example could be nicer. While the information > can be found in the later trunk, some note would be nice, that the > copyright file should list: > > - anyone owning copyright (not only upstream author, though that may > be the same in most cases) best together with some way to contact > him (i.e. the e-mail address given). There still seems to be some confusion over this, so I'll try to clear it up: What is important is the actual copyright statement of the package (and any copyright statements that differ within the package.) This should be copied _verbatim_ from upstream. You should never have to modify it. If you think you do, or it doesn't exist, upstream (eg: the copyright holder) should be making the changes, not you. In a well formed upstream package, this also has the added property of specifying the License properly as well. [Which in the case of GPLed works is probably not "Version 2 or newer".] [That being said, the additional information as recommended is very usefull.] Don Armstrong -- Miracles had become relative common-places since the advent of entheogens; it now took very unusual circumstances to attract public attention to sightings of supernatural entities. The latest miracle had raised the ante on the supernatural: the Virgin Mary had manifested herself to two children, a dog, and a Public Telepresence Point. -- Bruce Sterling, _Holy Fire_ p228 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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