On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:25:20 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > [moving to debian-devel as this is a topic broader than debian-mentors] > > Master Kernel <master.kernel.contact@gmail.com> writes: > > > Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> writes: > > > > > [To be likely to have your package sponsored,] You will need to > > > identify yourself; “Master Kernel” is hardly likely to be your real > > > name. > > > > Is there *any way* that I don't have to disclose this information? I > > was contacted by a packager a while ago when this issue came up. He > > said it would be possible to work around it. > > Well, if that person says it can be done, you'd be best to ask them for > the details. It was me, IIRC. And no, I didn't package kernelcheck anymore. I based my statement on the fact that the "john" package has "Solar Designer" (whis is NOT the realname) as copyright holder (and that's in main) http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/j/john/current/copyright > [..] > Also, your expressive work is (whether you choose it or not) subject to > copyright, and you as a legal entity are the copyright holder; for > Debian to make use of your work under copyright law, we take on the > burden of assuring we have license to do so. > > I'm not an ftpmaster, but I would be surprised if they want to take the > risk of distributing works for which the copyright provenance is > essentially unknown. I would imagine many prospective sponsors feel the > same way. I don't know, though, so I'm inviting further input. I didn't consider this aspect, at the time :( Is material copyrightable under a nickname, instead of a realname? The same question applies to work © by a team (an example involving me directly -- bash-completion) Kindly, David -- . ''`. Debian maintainer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://snipr.com/qa_page `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174
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