Hi Sean, Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> writes:
> Hello, > > On Wed 18 Dec 2024 at 11:27pm -08, Xiyue Deng wrote: > >> Hi Sean, >> >> Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> writes: >> >>> Source: dap-mode >>> Version: 0.7-5 >>> Severity: serious >>> Justification: Policy 2.3, 4.5, 12.5 >>> >>> Dear maintainer, >>> >>> Sorry I missed this during RFS review, but d/copyright is wrong >>> regarding CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, which has its own license and copyright. >>> >> >> Question for my own understanding: is a code of conduct considered a >> type of license? Some initial Googling suggests that a code of conduct >> is not a license (but they also don't claim their certainty on the >> matter.) Personally I also have some doubt, as a code of conduct doesn't >> seem to state how a software is used or distributed, but how the >> developers and users should interact as people. >> >> If a code of conduct is not consider a license, then I see no issue >> here, as there is not any separate explicit license specifically for >> this file. > > No, the text of the file has its own license and copyright holders. See > the file itself, at the end. > Hmm, I'm still confused: looking at the last paragraph of the file[1], there doesn't seem to claim copyright to any specific person, and the "Contributor Covenant" which this text was adapted from is a "code of conduct", not a license (as I understand it so far which could be wrong so please do correct me.) Maybe I missed something. Can you help pointing out the which part you were referring to? > -- > Sean Whitton [1] https://salsa.debian.org/emacsen-team/dap-mode/-/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md?ref_type=heads&plain=1#L41-46 -- Regards, Xiyue Deng
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