Bug#302930: marked as done (unifont: Improper copyright file)
> From: Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sf.net>
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> Subject: unifont: Improper copyright file
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> Package: unifont
> Severity: normal
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> The copyright file says something of the form: "Copyright: GPL", but
> the GPL is a license, and cannot be a copyright holder. The upstream
> author is probably the copyright holder.
>
> From: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>
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> Subject: Re: unifont: Improper copyright file
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> Re: Justin Pryzby 2005-04-03 <E1DIBZT-0001R1-00@cyberia.stlawu.edu>
> > Package: unifont
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > The copyright file says something of the form: "Copyright: GPL", but
> > the GPL is a license, and cannot be a copyright holder. The upstream
> > author is probably the copyright holder.
>
> | Upstream Author(s): Roman Czyborra <roman@czyborra.com>,
> | David Starner <dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org> and others
> |
> | Copyright:
> |
> | The following is taken from http://czyborra.com/
> |
> | All of my works you find here are freeware. You may freely copy, use, quote,
> | modify or redistribute them as long as you properly attribute my contribution
> | and have given a quick thought about whether Roman might perhaps be interested
> | to read what you did with his stuff. Horizontal rules don't apply.
>
> I can't see anything wrong with the unifont copyright statement.
My original problem with this was that it doesn't explicitly list the
copyright holders as the well as the upstream authors (to handle the
case of copyright being transferred or works for hire).
It also lists the distribution license after "Copyright:" instead of
the copyright holders, which indicates a misuse of terms, in the same
style as "Copyright: GPL", which is what I was targetting.
Justin
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