Re: DEP-5 Copyright Question

2011-07-23 Thread Elías Alejandro
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 08:12:28AM +0200, Steve Langasek wrote: > Right, that's more or less what I thought it would be. It is unlikely that > the transformation from a jpg to a "puzzle image file" includes any creative > contribution; if this is an algorithmic transformation, then I believe > *on

Re: DEP-5 Copyright Question

2011-07-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 07:01:03PM -0500, Elías Alejandro wrote: > > > > You mention that the upstream author *transformed* the image. > > Mechanical > > > > transformations (such as compilation of source code) do not normally > > have > > > > copyright associated with them, so the copyright of ca

Re: DEP-5 Copyright Question

2011-07-22 Thread Elías Alejandro
> > > You mention that the upstream author *transformed* the image. > Mechanical > > > transformations (such as compilation of source code) do not normally > have > > > copyright associated with them, so the copyright of cat.pzl would > probably > > > be the same as for cat.jpg. > > > > > yes, wou

Re: DEP-5 Copyright Question

2011-07-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:42:20AM -0500, Elías Alejandro wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 07:47:25AM +0200, Steve Langasek wrote: > > debian/copyright should list the names of the actual copyright holders of > > the work. debian-devel is not a great resource for helping you figure out > > who tho

Re: DEP-5 Copyright Question

2011-07-22 Thread Elías Alejandro
Hi Steve, On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 07:47:25AM +0200, Steve Langasek wrote: > debian/copyright should list the names of the actual copyright holders of > the work. debian-devel is not a great resource for helping you figure out > who those copyright holders are, but if the upstream author has alrea

Re: DEP-5 Copyright Question

2011-07-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 09:11:50PM -0500, Elías Alejandro wrote: > Dear all, > I've just read this thread. What do you think about this [1] > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2011/07/msg00427.html debian/copyright should list the names of the actual copyright holders of the work. debia

Re: DEP-5 Copyright Question

2011-07-21 Thread Elías Alejandro
Dear all, I've just read this thread. What do you think about this [1] [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2011/07/msg00427.html Add: - Previous Debian release include copyright image owner. - Image license requires link to web site source as a condition. Regards, -- Elías Alejandro -