Bug#548618: ITP: libdeclare-constraints-simple-perl -- Perl module to validate data structures

[david wright <david_v_wright@yahoo.com>]

>----- Original Message ----
>From: Jonathan Yu <jawnsy@cpan.org>
>To: david wright <david_v_wright@yahoo.com>; 548618@bugs.debian.org
>Sent: Tue, September 29, 2009 6:24:52 AM
>Subject: Re: Bug#548618: ITP: libdeclare-constraints-simple-perl -- Perl module to validate data 
>
>On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:43 AM, david wright <david_v_wright@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I am confused by the RT bug filed against this ITP.
>>
>>>WAITS for copyright clarification from upstream.
>>>https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=50049
>>>* Initial Release (Closes: #548618)
>>
>> At the bottom of the module it states:
>> http://search.cpan.org/~phaylon/Declare-Constraints-Simple-0.03/lib/Declare/Constraints/Simple.
>>
>>
>> LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT ^
>>
>> This module is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
>> the same terms as perl itself.
>>
>>
>> This is a standard perl license and represented in Debian as, 
>> * License         : Artistic | GPL-1+
>>
>>
>> Am I missing something, why is this not sufficient?
>We have license information, sure. But as mentioned in the linked bug 
>report, we're missing a copyright statement along with years of
>copyright, which is why this module is waiting on the upstream.
>
>Note the first line of the bug: "While packaging your module, for 
>Debian, I noticed that it doesn't seem to mention copyright
>information (in particular, it's missing the applicable years of
>copyright)."
>>

yes, I see now (sometimes, I should wait till morning to post ;)

thanks for the clarification.