Il 02/10/2013 10:01, Ben Finney ha scritto:
Could the copyright-format page [1] be changed to state more explicitly that the Copyright field should list the names of the authors even in the case of public domain works (or works licensed via CC0)?I don't see that follows from what we've discussed. The document states explicitly that in the case of a public domain work you *don't* need to list copyright holders:: Fields […] Copyright […] If a work has no copyright holder (i.e., it is in the public domain), that information should be recorded here. You should specify the license as CC0, you should give the text of the CC0 grant (the text which says the recipient has the rights described by CC0) in the License field body. If you've got documentation that the work has no copyright holder, that's the documentary information to put in the “Copyright” field.
I'm sorry but I fear that my main message did not came across. I will try reformulating my question with a example.
We have the case of software foobar released by John Doe using the licence CC0. foobar is not "in the public domain" (John Doe is well alive) but something similar, given the use of CC0.
We want to package foobar. What should we write in debian/copyright? Solution 1 (no names in the Copyright field: ---- Files: * Copyright: Public domain (CC0) License: CC0 License: CC0 Creative Commons Legal Code [... rest of the CC0 text ...] ---- Solution 2 (names in the Copyright field): ---- Files: * Copyright: Dedicated to the public domain (CC) by John Doe License: CC0 License: CC0 Creative Commons Legal Code [... rest of the CC0 text ...] ---- Or is there an even better third solution? Bye, -- Gioele Barabucci <gioele@svario.it>