On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 09:08:16PM +1100, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 01:13:48AM -0800, Ryan Niebur wrote: > >On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 12:39:45AM -0800, 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. > > > >okay, I got it figured out now, thanks. > > How did you figure it out? Did you make one up? > Based on what this email says (http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/12/msg00194.html): | There should be (but does not have to be) a list of copyright owners | and dates accompanying it. If there is, copy that too. If there isn't, | do your best to make a list, and ask upstream to include it in the | upstream source tree and keep it up to date. So, I did just that (did my best to make a list). and I'm talking to upstream about it. Thanks, Ryan > You must include a verbatim copyright notice. > > See: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-pkgcopyright > http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2003/08/msg00059.html > > >>I Am Not A Lawyer But I Play One On The Internet. > > Hmm, the line above is IANALBPOOTI :) -- _________________________ Ryan Niebur ryanryan52@gmail.com
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