Re: GPL version 1, and "Copyright (c) ...."

[tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

David Coe <davidc@debian.org> writes:

> I have subsequently found a copy of the GPL version 1 (in the vm
> source package), and will distribute it in the oo-browser package; so
> the only remaining question is:
> 
> David Coe <davidc@debian.org> writes:
> > Q2.: There is *one* file in the source package that contains this
> > (verbatim):
> > 
> >   "Copyright (c) ....\n\nMore legal stuff, stuff, stuff and stuff...."
> > 
> > Fortunately, that file is not used to build the debian binary package,
> > but (unless I alter the upstream source package) we'll still be
> > distributing it (in fact we have been distributing it since September
> > 1999) in the source package.  What(if anything) should I do about
> > that?

Is that the actual text of the file?

If so, it seems to assert copyright, but doesn't grant any license.
We should not be distributing it.