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

[Mike O'Connor]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 09:45:40AM +0200, Johannes Ring wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 14:29, Mike O'Connor wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I asked one of the upstream authors, Anders Logg, about this file and he
> said that he had drawn that eps figure by himself in Inkscape and that I
> could use whatever license that fits best with Debian. Does this sound
> okay with you?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Johannes
> 

That works.

thanks,
stew