On Saturday 12 November 2005 05:09, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> To be more specific: I don't believe that the fact that software A > >> is being packaged with Debians tools is a derived work of said > >> tools, > > Hmm. What about software bits of the package (maintainer > scripts, added utilities, prompting infrastructure ) under copyright > by Debian developers -- do they count?
Upon rereading my sentence there, I see that it doesn't parse as correct english. I tried to express my belief, that packaging a software with Debian tools does not make the software itself a derived work. The other question is whether the package as a whole constitutes more than a "medium of distribution" but I believe it customary that maintainer scripts follow the upstream license, which alleviates this problem usually. Regards, David -- - hallo... wie gehts heute? - *hust* gut *rotz* *keuch* - gott sei dank kommunizieren wir über ein septisches medium ;) -- Matthias Leeb, Uni f. angewandte Kunst, 2005-02-15
