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Re: What to do with sources that lack a copyright



and what about sources without any copyright statement?


On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 02:59:28PM +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote:
> I'm right now trying to debianize sqlite (will post ITP later) and in
> the process change the build system to use automake (to make things
> more understandable ;-)).
> 
> The sqlite source is uncopyrighted (quote from the homepage
> <http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/>: Sources are uncopyrighted. Use for
> any purpose.).
> 
> Can I simply put this explanation into the
> /usr/share/doc/sqlite/copyright file, or should I choose a licence
> (e.g. GPL/LGPL) for the packages? I could justify that by the
> not-so-small changes in the build system.
> 
> Thanks for any hints,
>         Andy
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