Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ Upstream-Source: Files: * Copyright: © 2008-2012, Bob Farrell License: MIT Files: bpython/importcompletion.py Copyright: © 2009, Andreas Stuehrk License: MIT Files: bpython/urwid.py Copyright: © 2010, Marien Zwart License: MIT Files: debian/* Copyright: © 2008, Jørgen Pedersen Tjernø © 2009-2012, David Paleino License: MIT Files: docs/* Copyright: ©, Jørgen Pedersen Tjernø License: MIT X-Comment: Message-ID: <49FD72A9.2090502@devsoft.no> On Sun, 03 May 2009 12:32:09 +0200, Jørgen P. Tjernø wrote: > David Paleino wrote: > > On Sun, 03 May 2009 10:52:57 +0200, Jørgen P. Tjernø wrote: > >> David Paleino wrote: > >> > But I saw that you wrote two manpages for upstream: under which > >> > license are those released? > >> > >> I hadn't really considered this, but I guess GNU FDL is a good > >> license; please mark them as being under this license. :-) > > > > Hrm. GFDL isn't a good choice for manpages IMHO. Moreover, it is > > considered non-free under the DFSG, if you mark any section invariant. > Ah, I wasn't aware of this. Thanks for informing me. > > > A better choice would be re-releasing everything the same license the > > package has, that is MIT/X11. > Yes, that'd be the simplest solution. > > > Do you agree with this? (I'll embed copy of this thread into > > debian/copyright) > Well, I use the three-clause BSD-license on other works, and it's fairly > similar to the MIT/X11 license, so you have a go-ahead from me to > distribute it with the MIT/X11 license. > Thanks for your feedback on this matter; I've never licensed / released > documentation separate from software. ;-) License: MIT Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: . The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. . THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.