Re: Legal issues with haskell-unix-time
El 24/05/16 a les 12:36, Dmitry Bogatov ha escrit:
> There is 'cbits/conv.c' in 'haskell-unix-time' source package, which
> is probably is of same copyright, as haskell code (BSD-3-clause),
> but there is part of it, that is explicitly marked as all-rights-reserved.
> No email is provided. This troublesome part is only for portability on
> Solaris, and is not used on GNU/Linux systems.
>
> What is the best way to deal with situation? I know, there is Files-Excludes:
> clause in debian/copyright, but what to do with part of file?
>
> For your convenience, offending file is attached, but you probably
> interested in whole package.
>
Just a side question: Are these funcions even copyrightable? The is_leap
function is quite trivial, and the typical exercise for a programming
student; the timegm is a conversion from a tm struct to an unix time
which could even be reimplemented with no great effort.
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