Re: New package problems
John Travers writes:
> 1. It has no copyright notice.
If it has no copyright or license you may not distribute copies.
> I am porting it to gtk/gnome and gpl-ing it. Shoud i do this before i
> first release it to make it legal, or should i just write a note with it
> describing the circumstances and then gpl it.
Neither. You cannot "gpl" someone else's code. You must either contact
the authors and get permission, or rewrite it completely, using none of the
original material.
> It seems to me that it was meant to be released that way...
But you have no certain knowledge of the author's intentions.
> ...if there is no copyright or restrictions, then the authors don't seem
> to be after money!
If there is no copyright or license it cannot go into the Debian archives
at all. Sorry.
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