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Re: RFS: LiE computer algebra for Lie groups



On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 10:35:00PM +0100, Kasper Peeters wrote:
> > Please post the complete URL to your .dsc file, it's easier for
> > potential sponsors to grab it.
> 
> http://www.aei.mpg.de/~peekas/debian/lie_2.2.2-1.dsc
> 
> > FWIW: Dear DD's, pending minor comments below, I believe this package
> > is close to ready for sponsorhip.
> 
> I have fixed all the remaining problems, except for:
> 
> > And, a final comment, please give some license statement concerning
> > the packaging itself, in the copyright file.
> 
> I have been unable to contact the authors so far, so it's probably
> best to keep things in non-free for the time being. Or did you mean a
> statement about my copyright? What's appropriate in this case?

Yes, that's what I meant. Your work in packaging has a copyright and
thus needs a license. Given upstream's licensing status I recommend
you go for a permissive license, to avoid the possibility that
upstream+packaging is undistributable. BSD should be OK.

So, something like the following, right at the end of the copyright file:

Packaging is Copyright 2006 - Kasper Peeters
It can be distributed under the terms of the so and so license,
available at
/usr/share/licences/so-and-so
in a Debian system.

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