Bug#1098807: RFP: publicfile -- http and ftp server by Daniel J. Bernstein
Hi,
On Sun, Dec 21, 2025 at 02:16:23PM +0100, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
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> On Sat, Dec 20, 2025 at 05:47:59PM -0500, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> >
> > I've taken a look at this package as found at
> > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/publicfile/-/tree/debian/0.52-13?ref_type=tags
> > and wanted to share my thoughts on it with you:
> >
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>
> > In debian/copyright, I see a statement to debian/patches/errno.patch
> > that attributes the copyright to mw@csi.hu. I see two issues with that:
> > a) you cannot assign a copyright to an email address. It needs to be a
> > person or similar b) the comment below then claims that this patch
> > wasn't subject to copyright law. That's a bold statement and unlikely to
> > be true given how many jurisdictions we have on this planet.
> >
> > Please ask the original author(s) of the patch about the licensing
> > terms, and suggest public domain. Do copy their response in
> > debian/copyright as appropriate.
>
> The patch contains of 3 lines of code, of which 2 are the same. I believe one
> could make a good point argueing the patch is so small it isn't copyrightable?
> That's what I was trying to do in d/copyright. With
>
> Copyright: 2002 mw@csi.hu
>
> I was trying to express the contact info for the patch is mw@csi.hu, and it was
> published in 2002.
> > I would recommend to REJECT this package until the licencing terms of
> > the patches are clarified.
>
> Actually, the situation with debian/patches/filetype.patch is tricky.
> I am considering contacting the author of that one (with me luck...)
> See d/copyright and d/changelog for details.
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For the record: In private Message-ID: <20260102131838.GV5184@beskar.mdcc.cx>
I've just asked upstream of that patch for license clarification:
Jan 2 14:18:49 beskar postfix/smtp[8022]: 7300221096: to=<uwe@o.d>,
relay=xmtp.o.d[213.XXX.XXX.137]:25, delay=11, delays=0.02/0.01/9.4/1.9,
dsn=2.5.0, status=sent (250 2.5.0 OK (1A3A36957C5B8026A6))
. I'll wait for a while...
Bye,
Joost
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