I did get in touch with the author, and he said that he'll release the next version under a license, probably LGPL. That would be okay, yeah?
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Conrad Knauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Copyright is with the original author. You can't just take someone > else's work, plaster a license on it and call it yours and expect the > law (or anyone really!) to recognize it :) Proving copyright is simple > enough; just show when/where the original was published and by whom. > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism > See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_work > > In the case of this package, the DEB packaging itself is separate (and > separately licensed) from the code it contains. The problem here is not > plagiarism, but an unspecified license for the bulk of the code inside > the DEB. > > -- > no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
