Re: Bug#483217: marked as done (texlive-latex-base: Files by Donald Arseneau: Lacking license statement, or nosell and such)

[Frank Kuester <frank@kuesterei.ch>]

owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) writes:

> Your message dated Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:57:58 +0900

Many thanks for this.

> * chapterbib.sty: no license information
> 
> there is a README that states:
>         They are all released under a very simple permissive license in
>         the MIT/BSD style:  They may be freely used, transmitted, reproduced,
>         or modified provided that [the copyright and permission] notice is
>         left intact.

I didn't notice this, or maybe it wasn't present (in teTeX, CTAN, ...)
when I first checked.

I have no idea why so many of the files have a license statement inside
that it seems I didn't notice.  Well.

>  +  * relsize.sty: "public domain", nothing else
> % This software is contributed to the public domain.

When I wrote this, I was under the impression that, since public domain
doesn't exist in many jurisdictions, the term needs clarification. I
don't think we need to insist on this, in particular not if Donald is
from the US (which I don't know).

Again, thank you very much,
Frank