copyright - Debian Perl Group common copyright statements
This is a small guide detailing some common copyright statements,
which are used for many reasons.
In particular,
there are packages that are designed to generate files for inclusion in modules,
such as Module::Install,
AutoXS::Header and Devel::PPPort.
These files have copyrights that may differ from the rest of the distribution,
so it is important to cite them accordingly.
Contributions are welcomed, especially statements that are valid for earlier versions of the modules listed here.
Files: inc/Module/* Copyright: 2002-2012, Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org> 2002-2012, Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org> 2002-2012, Brian Ingerson <ingy@cpan.org> License: Artistic or GPL-1+
Files: AutoXS.h Copyright: 2008-2009, Steffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org> License: Artistic or GPL-1+
Files: ppport.h Copyright: 2004-2013, Marcus Holland-Moritz <mhx-cpan@gmx.net> 2001, Paul Marquess <pmqs@cpan.org> (Version 2.x) 1999, Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com> (Version 1.x) License: Artistic or GPL-1+
If modules are included in the Perl Core, but are not dual-life modules, there may be no appropriate upstream maintainer. Copyright and license is often assigned to Larry Wall (author of perl, the interpreter):
Files: ... Copyright: 1993-2010, Larry Wall and others License: Artistic or GPL-1+
These modules are not explicitly designed to be included as part of module distributions, though they are occasionally redistributed by authors.
Files: inc/Devel/CheckLib.pm Copyright: 2007, David Cantrell <pause@barnyard.co.uk> 2007, David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org> License: Artistic or GPL-1+
Files: inc/parent.pm Copyright: 2007-2010, Max Maischein <corion@cpan.org> License: Artistic or GPL-1+
Files: inc/Spiffy.pm Copyright: 2004-2006, Brian Ingerson <ingy@cpan.org> License: Artistic or GPL-1+
Files: inc/Test/More.pm Copyright: 2001-2008, Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> License: Artistic or GPL-1+
Files: inc/Test/Builder.pm inc/Test/Builder/* Copyright: 2002-2008, chromatic <chromatic@wgz.org> 2002-2008, Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> License: Artistic or GPL-1+
Files: inc/Test/Builder/IO/Scalar.pm Copyright: 1996, Eryq <eryq@zeegee.com> 1999-2001, ZeeGee Software Inc. <http://www.zeegee.com/> License: Artistic or GPL-1+
Files: inc/Test/Base.pm inc/Test/Base/* Copyright: 2005-2009, Brian Ingerson <ingy@cpan.org> License: Artistic or GPL-1+
Files: inc/Test/NoWarnings.pm Copyright: 2003-2007, Fergal Daly <fergal@esatclear.ie> 2010, Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org> License: Artistic or GPL-1+
This is some common license clauses that are not considered common enough to be included in `/usr/share/common-licenses/' (part of the base-files package; controlled by the Debian Policy Team). The guideline seems to be that there must be at least 250 packages using a license prior to inclusion.
An alternative to copying the texts from here is to use cme, e.g.
cme modify dpkg-copyright 'License:"Artistic-2.0"' -save
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Hi:
While packaging your module for Debian, I noticed that it doesn't seem to mention [copyright information, or license information, or both].
Copyright/license information is needed in order for us (and others) to be able to legally distribute the software. Could you please give us (replying to this bug report is fine): years of copyright, copyright holders' names, copyright holders' e-mail addresses (if appropriate).
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 gives others the rights to use and re-distribute your software. A great article discussing some of this is "What is Copyleft?" by Richard Stallman: https://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. 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.
Cheers,
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Hi:
While packaging your module, [Foo::Bar], for Debian, I noticed that it doesn't seem to mention [copyright information, or license information, or both].
Copyright/license information in order for us (and others) to be able to legally distribute the software. Could you please give us (replying to this email is fine): years of copyright, copyright holders' names, copyright holders' e-mail addresses (if appropriate).
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 gives others the rights to use and re-distribute your software. A great article discussing some of this is "What is Copyleft?" by Richard Stallman: https://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. 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.
Cheers,
[Your Name] On behalf of the Debian Perl Team
Sometimes upstream distribution does not contain an explicit statement of copyright ownership. In this case the comment below should be added in addition to clarify this issue with upstream.
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