[SCM] gwc/master: copyright file upgraded to rev.166

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 05:15:59PM +0100, Jaromír Mikeš wrote:
>2011/3/4 Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk>:
>> On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 02:51:47PM +0000, 
>> mira-guest at users.alioth.debian.org wrote:

>>> +Files: chbevl.c
>>> Copyright:
>>> -       Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Jeffrey J. Welty
>>> -       Copyright (C) 1985, 1987 by Stephen L. Moshier
>>> -       Copyright (C) 1993 David E. Stewart & Zbigniew Leyk, all rights
>>> reserved.
>>> -       Copyright (C) 1997 David Mosberger
>>> -       Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh
>>> MacDonald
>>> -       Copyright (C) 1997 Tim Janik
>>> -       Copyright 1984, 1987, 2000 by Stephen L. Moshier
>>> + 1985, 1987 by Stephen L. Moshier
>>> +License: UNKNOWN

>> Licensing text must be included verbatim - matching a common pattern 
>> is optional but actually including the text is not.

>Still having problem with "chbevl.c" file there is just this:
>
>Cephes Math Library Release 2.0:  April, 1987
>Copyright 1985, 1987 by Stephen L. Moshier
>Direct inquiries to 30 Frost Street, Cambridge, MA 02140
>
>Copyright is clear, but lincence?


I interpret such text as "I own this, please contact me in any case!".

I.e. non-DFSG-free.  I recommend contacting upstream to ask if perhaps 
they did not intend such interpretation, and if so, kindly ask for 
explicit licensing statement.


  - Jonas

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