Nelson A. de Oliveira -- 26.09.2006 15:05 --: > Hi mentors! > > I am creating a package of a program that have several files with: > > * The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public > * License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file > * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of > * the License at http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/ > > Asking the upstream author about the license of the program, he said > that it's legacy code and the program is licensed under GPL only. > > My doubt is if it's OK to say on debian/copyright that it's licensed > under GPL, as the author said, or if I can't say that it's GPL until > he releases a new source code saying that it's GPL and not NPL. I'd quote the mail in debian/copyright with explanation of the situation. And still urge upstream to release the properly licensed code :) dam -- Damyan Ivanov Modular Software Systems dam@modsoftsys.com phone +359(2)928-2611, 929-3993 fax +359(2)920-0994 mobile +359(88)856-6067 dam@jabber.minus273.org/Gaim
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