On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:01:23 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: > On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 07:30:32PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > I've not yet seen the file taken from FFmpeg, so I cannot comment on > > its copyrightability. > > Take into account that determining whether something is or is not > > copyrighted can be a hard task and (except for obvious cases) really > > requires a good lawyer to be sure. > > Unfortunately IANAL, so my opinion on the copyrightability of that > > file is not so relevant... > > > > Anyway, is there any legal notice inside the file in question, so > > that we can be on the safe side, should it turn out to be > > copyrighted? > > I've attached the file for your perusal.
Thanks. > It's just a bunch of > #defines. > If this is copyrightable you can start closing down any sort of free > software distribution ... Well, I would not be so sure... But anyway, here the question on copyrightability is moot, since this file is available to us under the GNU (L)GPL, should it turn out to be copyrighted. Hence, I think the Right Thing(TM) to do is properly documenting where the file `mmx.h' came from (that is to say: FFmpeg) and which is the license the project we borrowed it from is available under (that is to say: the GNU (L)GPL). Once this is clearly documented in the debian/copyright file, I feel that the issues with mmx.h will be solved. -- But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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