Re: crip (lack of) copyright notice
On Tue, 02 Dec 2008, Michael Crawford wrote:
> > It says "by Charlton Harrison" and he documented when the releases
> > were on his website. From that could I just construct a copyright
> > notice and use that?
>
> My understanding is that "copyright descends on a work the instant it
> is created." So the release dates could reasonably serve to indicate
> the copyright years. But I don't have a clue as to whether it would
> then be legal or appropriate for you to add an explicit notice.
>
I guess you already did it, but have you tried contacting the upstreamer
about this issue?
I had a 'similar' situation [0] with the package mined (which is kinda..
in stand-by). Hope this thread [0] can help you to get an idea of what to do.
[0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/03/msg00097.html
Regards,
Mauro
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