r43258 - /website/copyright.pod
jawnsy-guest at users.alioth.debian.org
jawnsy-guest at users.alioth.debian.org
Sat Aug 29 21:27:56 UTC 2009
Author: jawnsy-guest
Date: Sat Aug 29 21:27:50 2009
New Revision: 43258
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/?sc=1&rev=43258
Log:
Add a sample letter to send in case of missing copyright info
Modified:
website/copyright.pod
Modified: website/copyright.pod
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/website/copyright.pod?rev=43258&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- website/copyright.pod (original)
+++ website/copyright.pod Sat Aug 29 21:27:50 2009
@@ -265,6 +265,45 @@
=end html
+=head1 MISSING INFORMATION
+
+Sometimes an upstream author will be missing some or all of the information
+required. It is important to have all of the copyright information; for new
+packages, the ftp-master team will reject packages that do not have proper
+copyright and licensing information. It's important to do this in order to
+ensure we comply with Debian Free Software Guidelines. Here is a sample
+message you can send via the CPAN Request Tracker (http://rt.cpan.org) or
+email:
+
+ Hi:
+
+ While packaging your module for Debian, I noticed that your module
+ doesn't seem to mention [copyright information, or license information,
+ or both].
+
+ In Debian we need copyright/license information for all packages we
+ upload. Could you give us (replying to this bug report is fine): years
+ of copyright, copyright holders' names, copyright holders' e-mail
+ addresses. Unfortunately without this information we cannot upload it.
+
+ This is more than just a Debian issue. I'm not a lawyer, but it's my
+ understanding that both copyright and licensing information is vital
+ for the continued success of open source software. Copyright is what
+ allows you to assert a license, and a license is what ensures open
+ source remains open source, and that users can make use of your software.
+ A great article discussing some of this is "What is Copyleft?" by
+ Richard Stallman: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/
+
+ Thanks for releasing your work to the CPAN. I apologize in advance for
+ the noise, as I understand that the last thing most authors want to
+ deal with is legal administrivia like this. I do hope, however, that
+ you could (in your continued generosity) help us with this request.
+
+ Cheers,
+
+ Your Name
+ [Optional: add "On behalf of the pkg-perl team"]
+
=head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
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