[gentoo-dev] License advice

[gentoo-dev] License advice

[Martin Ehmsen]

I'm not sure how to correctly handle bug #87542.

It is about a dev-tex package that doesn't have a license (ctan doesn't
state one, and no license can be found anywhere else).
By definition I have to assume that it is proprietary.
But an eager bug reporter has gotten a statement from the two authors,
that the package is meant to be public-domain.

Should I require a public statement from the authors, like an update
version on ctan that states the license, or is it enough to refer to the
bug report? (ie., is it enough that the reporter says that the author
said the package is public-domain?)

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Re: [gentoo-dev] License advice

[Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò]

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On Tuesday 28 February 2006 14:46, Martin Ehmsen wrote:
> Should I require a public statement from the authors, like an update
> version on ctan that states the license, or is it enough to refer to the
> bug report? (ie., is it enough that the reporter says that the author
> said the package is public-domain?)
The best thing is probably if the authors can change that directly on CTAN or 
if the reporter can provide a signed statement with a public key that is 
recognized to be of one of the authors at least.

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