Re: File modification and the copyright
T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com> writes:
> If I take a simple file (BSD-licensed), (greatly) improved it, and
> include it in my package. How should I handle the situation?
> - I should claim that the author of the new file is me, right?
Usually I list both authors, such as:
* Written by Larry Schwimmer
* Extensively modified by Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org>
from one of my projects.
> - I should inherit the BSD-licensed, right?
Yes, almost always.
> - How to express that the new file was based on another old file from a
> different author in the debian/copyright file?
Copyright: 2003-2008 John Doe
2014 Jane Doe
In other words, you can list multiple copyright holders. I usually use
two spaces at the start of subsequent lines to suppress word wrapping.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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