Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ Upstream-Name: fitsverify Upstream-Contact: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ftoolshelp Source: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/ftools/fitsverify/ Files: * debian/copyright debian/fitsverify.1 Copyright: 1998-2010, Ning Gan, Ziqin Pan, William Pence License: Expat Copyright (Unpublished--all rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States), U.S. Government as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. No copyright is claimed in the United States under Title 17, U.S. Code. . Permission to freely use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation without fee is hereby granted, provided that this copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty appears in all copies. . DISCLAIMER: . THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL CONFORM TO SPECIFICATIONS, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND FREEDOM FROM INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE DOCUMENTATION WILL CONFORM TO THE SOFTWARE, OR ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE ERROR FREE. IN NO EVENT SHALL NASA BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF, RESULTING FROM, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER OR NOT BASED UPON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT , OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER OR NOT INJURY WAS SUSTAINED BY PERSONS OR PROPERTY OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT LOSS WAS SUSTAINED FROM, OR AROSE OUT OF THE RESULTS OF, OR USE OF, THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER. Comment: The package does not contain copyright or license information. I got the confirmation by mail from William Pence that the license is the same as for CFITSIO: . Message-ID: <519D109E.9030302@nasa.gov> Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 14:38:22 -0400 From: William Pence To: "debian@liska.ath.cx" CC: "ftoolshelp@bigbang.gsfc.nasa.gov" Subject: Re: [FTOOLS #729] License and copyright for fitsverify . Ole, . The name of the download file has been changed as you suggest. fitsverify inherits the CFITSIO license, which is in the file License.txt in the CFITSIO distribution .tar file. . regards, Bill Pence . On 05/22/2013 07:46 AM, debian@liska.ath.cx wrote: > [...] . -- ____________________________________________________________________ Dr. William Pence William.Pence@nasa.gov NASA/GSFC Code 662 HEASARC +1-301-286-4599 (voice) Greenbelt MD 20771 +1-301-286-1684 (fax) Files: debian/* Copyright: None License: public-domain The debian/* files are simple enough that I doubt that copyright is applicable at all. You may do want you want with it. . -- Ole Streicher Tue, 21 May 2013 11:46:42 +0200