Re: RFS (take 2): libapache2-mod-authz-unixgroup
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 May 2009 11:05:08 +0300
> Hai Zaar <haizaar@haizaar.com> wrote:
>
>> >> 1. where is the copyright come from? i did not find it in the source
>> >> or the homepage.
>> > You are right. I've just blindly copied copyright file from
>> > mod_authnz_external, assuming it would be the same, since both
>> > packages are alike and come from the same author. I'll write to the
>> > author and ask to put copyright notice into the package.
>> The author is not answering. Should we wait some more? What is usually
>> done in cases when there is no copyright of any kind?
>
> Without copyright information, the package defaults to non-distributable
> because copyright assumes "All Rights Reserved" unless proven
> otherwise. It's not even suitable for non-free in that condition as the
> licence claim is invalid and you cannot even assume that you have the
> right to distribute the completely unchanged source code, whether in
> source or binary form. Uploading that package to mentors without a
> valid copyright could be deemed copyright infringement but the only
> person who can really complain is the author who isn't
> responding . . . .
>
> If the package source does not contain a claim of copyright, you cannot
> assert any such claim later and you have no way of enforcing the
> licence. The package cannot be sponsored in that condition.
>
> Is there no copyright information in the package at all? (I haven't
> looked.)
The package has only one source file, together with README and INSTALL
file. None of them mention copyright of any kind.
Too bad :(
I guess the only option left is to keep pinging the author, isn't it?
--
Zaar
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