r43259 - /website/copyright.pod

[jawnsy-guest at users.alioth.debian.org]

Author: jawnsy-guest
Date: Sat Aug 29 21:44:06 2009
New Revision: 43259

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/?sc=1&rev=43259
Log:
- Update the sample letter
- Add Ryan52's suggested text to remind the author that we would prefer the information in the upstream package.
- Add <p> paragraphs around each clause so that copy/paste works properly, though it displays with preformatted display :-)

Modified:
    website/copyright.pod

Modified: website/copyright.pod
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/website/copyright.pod?rev=43259&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- website/copyright.pod (original)
+++ website/copyright.pod Sat Aug 29 21:44:06 2009
@@ -275,34 +275,38 @@
 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"]
+=begin html
+
+<pre>Hi:
+
+<p>While packaging your module for Debian, I noticed that your module
+doesn't seem to mention [<b>copyright information, or license information,
+or both</b>].
+</p><p>In Debian we need copyright/license information for all of the packages
+we upload. Could you give us (replying to this [<b>bug report or email</b>] is
+fine): years of copyright, copyright holders' names, copyright holders' e-mail
+addresses. Unfortunately without this information we cannot upload it.
+</p><p>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/
+</p><p>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.
+Please also consider adding these statements to your code/package
+README, since we must distribute some evidence of copyright information
+if it is not in the source package itself.
+</p>
+Cheers,
+  
+Your Name
+[<b>Optional: add "On behalf of the pkg-perl team"</b>]</pre>
+
+=end html
 
 =head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT