nmap debian/* license
Hilko Bengen
bengen at debian.org
Fri Sep 8 20:14:23 UTC 2017
* Lukas Schwaighofer:
> Files: debian/*
> Copyright: 1997-1999, Bdale Garbee <bdale at gag.com>
> 1999-2010, LaMont Jones <lamont at debian.org>
> 2012-2017, Hilko Bengen <bengen at debian.org>
> 2016-2017, Samuel Henrique <samueloph at gmail.com>
> 2017, Lukas Schwaighofer <lukas at schwaighofer.name>
> License: nmap-GPL-2
I agree for "my" line.
> Is that fine for you? Do I need to contact the Bdale Garbee and LaMont
> Jones to ask them explicitly to license their work under those terms?
> Or is "same license as source" somehow implied by the debian/copyright
> file that was previously distributed with nmap?
I don't see anything in the current license wording that implies
anything about the license of debian/*, so in general it's a good idea
to ask them, even if we replaced most of debian/* over the last 5 years.
Cheers,
-Hilko
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