On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:08:42 +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > >>> libemail-localdelivery-perl > >> debian/copyright misses copyright for the packaging. Perhaps even > >> mention DPG there? > > AFAIK there are a lot of packages without this notice. Is this > > necessary nowadays? If not: I'm no a great fan of it because I don't > > think that the "craft" of packaging something is worth to be > > protected by copyright (or it's not even possible; Austrian law e.g. > > demands a "Schöpfungshöhe" / "Threshold of Originality" and I don't > > think that this demand is fulfilled by using dh-make-perl and dh_*) > > [0] > One of the DAMs recommends including this anyway. See > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00023.html Yup, I know. > I really do think that packaging is a creative act so copyright law is > applicable. I doubt there are many packages that are simply result of > dh-make-perl. Looks like we disagree in that point but that's no problem. > I'll try to add the stanza to dh-make-perl. Ok. > > Anyway, I have no objections to adding such a stanza either ;-) > Please do then. I know all this "legal" stuff is extremely boring. Oh, I agree it's important and I try to take care of it. It's just this additional packaging copyright ... I opened debian/copyright for libemail-localdelivery-perl and saw that it was originally packaged by Niko. What should I put in debian/copyright? (And the general question for group maintained packages is who should be mentioned there - the "first packager"? the Group? everyone who is in Uploaders?) > >> that patch looks intrusive and I don't see it reported upstream. Seems > >> strange. > > Niko? > I can live with this patch, but if it is useful and needed, better have > it applied upstream too. Sure, but I'd rather let Niko handle this. Ok, and then there was libnet-amazon-perl: * Homepage changed * DPG mentioned * Copyright for packaging added * new maintainer and contributors mentioned Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ | gpg key ID: 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : debian: the universal operating system - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' member of https://www.vibe.at/ | how to reply: http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: Dire Straits: Fade To Black
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