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Bug#47438: copyright statement needs updating?



Hi,

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Julian Gilbey wrote:

> > On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 07:20:05PM +0000, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> > > /usr/doc/debian-policy/policy.html/index.html:
> > > 
> > >         Copyright (c)1996,1997,1998 Ian Jackson and Christian Schwarz.
> > > 
> > > Yet the manual has been modified by others since. Should the copyright
> > > be updated?
> > 
> > Briefly: yes.
> 
> So what should it say?  Would an extra line:
> Copyright (c)1998,1999 Debian Policy List Members
> be appropriate?

That looks very nice at first glance.  On second thought, I wonder if
"Debian Policy List Members" is an entity that you can legally assign a
copyright to.  Will the copyright be enforcable?  Does it still make any
sense to have such a copyright notice if not?

Perhaps you should consult debian-legal and maybe debian-policy too.

Cheers,


Joost


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