<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/24 Kahunapule Michael Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kahunapule@mpj.cx">kahunapule@mpj.cx</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote:
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<pre>2009/4/24 Dmitrijs Ledkovs <a href="mailto:dmitrij.ledkov@gmail.com" target="_blank"><dmitrij.ledkov@gmail.com></a>:
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<pre>2009/4/22 Jonathan Marsden <a href="mailto:jmarsden@fastmail.fm" target="_blank"><jmarsden@fastmail.fm></a>:
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<pre>One quick first impression: there are still a few files in the RC2 tarball
that
licencecheck -r *
src/modules/common/sapphire.cpp: *No copyright* UNKNOWN
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<pre>last email is about src/utilfuns/win32/dirent.cpp: UNKNOWN
not sapphire.cpp
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I wrote sapphire.cpp and dedicated it to the PUBLIC DOMAIN.<br>
(Just to remove all doubt.)<br>
</div></blockquote><div><br>Are you from US? If yes, there is no more doubt.<br><br>Please see forwarded message below. And please consider using<br>CC0 for this or other works which you kindly dedicate to public domain.<br>
<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Langasek</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vorlon@debian.org">vorlon@debian.org</a>></span><br>Date: 2009/4/24<br>Subject: Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?<br>
To: Ben Finney <<a href="mailto:ben%2Bdebian@benfinney.id.au">ben+debian@benfinney.id.au</a>>, Andrew Donnellan <<a href="mailto:ajdlinux@gmail.com">ajdlinux@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:debian-legal@lists.debian.org">debian-legal@lists.debian.org</a><br>
<br><br><div class="im">On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:52:44AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:<br>
</div>public domain dedications have always been fine for Debian and taken<br>
at face value, provided that:<br>
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- the author's intent is unambiguous (i.e., there isn't a statement "this<br>
work is in the Public Domain" followed immediately by a license that<br>
attempts to restrict use of the work), and<br>
- the author lives in a jurisdiction where the principles of the public<br>
domain, and public domain dedications, are recognized, even if it's not<br>
clear under present law how a public domain dedication can be made.<br>
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This basically means that public domain dedications are ok if the author is<br>
in the US, questionable in most other jurisdictions where we would need<br>
clarification from someone familiar with the legal systems, and known to be<br>
insufficient in Germany.<br>
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Even in cases where public domain is considered ok for Debian, it's<br>
preferable (and IMHO, better meets the goals of anyone wishing to place<br>
their work in the PD) that the author also include an explicit, liberal<br>
license with an explanation that this is done in case the PD dedication is<br>
not recognized as valid.<br>
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The Creative Commons "CC0" license is an effective way to do this:<br>
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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/</a><br>
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Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.<br>
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<br></div></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>With best regards<br><br><br>Dmitrijs Ledkovs (for short Dima),<br>Ледков Дмитрий Юрьевич<br><br>