Bug#344359: Packaging CUFlow for Debian

[Russell Stuart <rstuart@lubemobile.com.au>]

I am packaging CUFlow for Debian.  Most of the work is done.  
However, before accepting it, I have been asked me to 
clarify who owns the copyright.

My problem is that while it is obvious whoever owns the 
copyright intends the code to be licensed under the GPL, 
the is no notice in the code to say who is licensing it.  
For example is it the author, or has the copyright been 
assigned to someone else?

Here are the posts the Debian people pointed me to, to 
explain what was wanted:

  http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/12/msg00007.html
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/12/msg00194.html

Could you clarify the copyright situation for me?  I need 
to know who owns the copyright, and what year it was 
copyrighted.

Ideally, each source file should contain a notice like this:

    (c) John Doe, 1998,1999

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

You can look at the proposed Debian package here:

  www.stuart.id.au/russell/files/debian/sarge/flowscan-cuflow


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Regards,
Russell Stuart