License of nmap packaging files
Works for me.
lamont
On Sat, Sep 09, 2017 at 12:52:39AM +0200, Lukas Schwaighofer wrote:
> I'm working on converting the copyright file of the nmap package into
> the machine readable DEP-5 format. Both of you have maintained that
> package in the past and, as far as I can tell, you did not specify under
> which license terms you were distributing your packaging work.
>
> My suggestion is to put everything in debian/* under the same license as
> nmap?[1]. If you agree to license your work under those conditions, I
> will include the following in the debian/copyright file:
>
> Files: debian/*
> Copyright: 1997-1999, Bdale Garbee <bdale at gag.com>
> 1999-2010, LaMont Jones <lamont at debian.org>
> 2012-2017, Hilko Bengen <bengen at debian.org>
> 2016-2017, Samuel Henrique <samueloph at gmail.com>
> 2017, Lukas Schwaighofer <lukas at schwaighofer.name>
> License: nmap-GPL-2
>
> Nmap's license (which I will call nmap-GPL-2 in the copyright file) is
> basically the GPL-2 with a strong interpretation/clarification of what
> is considered derivative work.
>
> In case you would prefer a different license, I'm open to suggestions.
>
> I'm CCing pkg-security, the team that currently maintains nmap, so we
> can use the list archives as a record of the conversation.
>
> Thank you
> Lukas
>
> [1]?https://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html
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