On Sun, 2005-05-08 at 15:20 -0400, Andrew Moise wrote: > Package: blackbox-themes > Version: 0.2 > Severity: serious > Justification: Policy 2.3 > > The copyright statement in debian/copyright has been "fixed" to > declare that the whole package is copyright Bruno Barrera; that's > not right. While a lot of the upstreams don't seem to take copyright > and licensing issues very seriously, that doesn't mean they're not > important for Debian. > Here, AFAICT, are the copyright statuses of each section of this > package. Some might present serious problems, usually with the > copyright status of the background image. > > Styles that look definitely legal to distribute: Reaction, WhiteBox > Styles that look okay, but seem to need an explicit indication of > licensing terms (via email from the author or whatever): Bombskew, Eon > Silver, Igloo, Nva91, Void > Style that looks to me like it's illegal to distribute: Nijikon > > I'm sorry if this seems pedantic, but licensing is important > (particularly in a case like Nijikon, where it's not just a "we didn't > get all the paperwork together" thing but a "the guy who made the image > actively doesn't want it to be used and distributed like this" thing). > I apologize in advance for any mistakes or licensing arrangements I'm > not aware of in the listing below. > If you'd like, I can try to contact the upstream authors and artists > and find out what their wishes are, and try to get them to license > their works under more explicit terms when necessary. > Here's the long list of copyright statuses I was able to figure out: > > === Bombskew style > * Copyright: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Upstream: http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/bombskew/ > * License: GPL > > === Bombskew background > * Copyright: "eric- at deviantART" > * Upstream: Presumably somewhere on deviantart.com; I couldn't find > it. > * License: No indication is given of special licensing terms, and > deviantart.com definitely seems to think that redistribution of images > without permission is not okay (see > http://about.deviantart.com/policy/etiquette/). > > === Eon Silver style > * Copyright: [EMAIL PROTECTED], but based on SimpleSmoothGray > and Platinum. > * SimpleSmoothGray is from > http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/themes.php, with no explicit licensing > terms (though fluxbox is BSD-style licensed so it's probably okay). > * Platinum is from http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/platinum/ > and is GPL licensed. > * Upstream: http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/eon01/ > * License: GPL > > === Eon Silver background > * Copyright: Bandar Hassan Raffa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Upstream: http://www.sadeem.net/tux.html > * License: "This site is a small gift to all Linux and Mac users." > No explicit licensing terms that I can see. > > === Igloo > * Copyright: Carlos Oliva G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Upstream: Couldn't find > * License: Couldn't find (probably okay). > > === Nijikon style > * Copyright: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Upstream: Couldn't find; I used > http://ftp.riken.go.jp/pub/X11/themes/bb/Nijikon-0.60.0-200012050156.tar.gz > * License: No explicit terms. > > === Nijikon background > * Copyright: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Upstream: http://www.deaddreamer.com/v10/freeze/toonz.html > * License: Definitely not okay. "every publication or redistribution > requires my written permission" "if you know anyone who uses parts of > my images ... contact me." > > === Nva91 style > * Copyright: [EMAIL PROTECTED], or possibly [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Upstream: http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/nva91/ > * License: GPL > > === Nva91 background > * Copyright: "Venox and Niytros" > * Upstream: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/646793/ (sort of) > * License: No explicit terms. > > === Reaction style & (presumably) background > * Copyright: Youngjin Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Upstream: http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/reaction/ > * License: GPL > > === Void style > * Copyright: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Upstream: Couldn't find; I used > http://ftp.riken.go.jp/pub/X11/themes/bb/Void-0.60.0-200006131620.tar.gz > * License: No explicit terms. > > === Void background > * "I think I got this from endeffect.com, or one of their affiliates. > It looked purty ..." I couldn't find it, but I think it's safe to say > "no explicit terms." > * The style file does say "My thanks to fli73, where I got this > wonderful background." > > === WhiteBox style & background > * Copyright: Volkan YAZICI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Upstream: http://freshmeat.net/projects/whitebox/ > * License: GPL > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-686-smp > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Versions of packages blackbox-themes depends on: > ii blackbox 0.70.0-2 Window manager for X > > -- no debconf information
I see your point. Well, time ago, I contacted them to know if I could include their themes into the Debian package obviously, and I got answers like: From rom Carlos Oliva: 'That's fine. Please do. I'll be glad to share my theme into the Debian Package' Then I uploaded the package. Now, the true is that I will require all emails digitally-signed, otherwise it will not be legal because somebody could think that they are fake. I'm going to request the same thing that I've requested time ago, and I will change the debian/copyright, including his reply on the file. That do you think that would be correct? Thanks for your report, -- Bruno Barrera C. "I'm a soldier, not a monster. Even though if I sometimes work for monsters."
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