[Pkg-scicomp-devel] ufc_1.1.2-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Mike O'Connor]

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:18:14PM +0200, Johannes Ring wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am close to fix the missing licenses/copyright issues with UFC but I am
> wondering how to deal with the file doc/manual/eps/insertion.eps from the
> upstream source [1]. The file is generated by ESP Ghostscript as stated in
> the header:
> 
>   %%Creator: ESP Ghostscript 81504 (epswrite)
> 
> Only part of the file is copyrighted by artofcode LLC:
> 
>   % This copyright applies to everything between here and the %%EndProlog:
>   % Copyright (C) 2004 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All rights reserved.
> 
> No license is specified, however, ESP Ghostscript is AFAIK licensed under
> GNU GPL v2 (see [2]). Is this the right license to specify for
> insertion.eps? Can I add something like this to debian/copyright:

The copyright of ghostscript is of no matter here.  Just as the fact
that emacs is GPL doesn't have any effect on code I create using emaics,
neither does the fact that ghostscript is GPL.

You should be asking the copyright holder or the upstream for this
software about a license for this file.

stew

> 
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