Hi Sean,

Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On Thu 19 Dec 2024 at 12:06am -08, Xiyue Deng wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> The code of conduct is not a license.
>
> It is a file in the package, like any other.  Thus, d/copyright must
> account for its license and copyright information, per Policy.
>
> See: https://github.com/EthicalSource/contributor_covenant for the
> license of this file, and you can figure out copyright holders,
> including at least the original author Coraline Ada Ehmke.
>

Ah I see: this file is a derivative work from the repository you gave,
so its copyright information and holders should be derived from that as
well (and account for any modifications when applicable).  Thanks for
the explanation!

I'll work on it later and ping you for review.

> -- 
> Sean Whitton

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Regards,
Xiyue Deng

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