Re: Different copyright on the Bugs pages
On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 10:20:19AM +0200, Jutta Wrage wrote:
> What is the reason for the pages in /Bugs/ havind a different Copyright?
>
> The normal footer trailer is excluded there:
>
> #use wml::debian::template title="Debian bug tracking system"
> BARETITLE=true NOC
> OPYRIGHT=true
>
> Now it looks, if all the pages including their translations are owned by
>
> Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997, 2003 nCipher Corporation
> Ltd, 1994-1997 Ian Jackson.
>
> Isn't only the BTS itself under special copyright?
The pages under /Bugs/ are derivative works of pages originally written
as part of debbugs, and they're still maintained in loose sync (there
are various differences in HTML style) with the pages in debbugs CVS.
It's appropriate for them to have the same copyright notice as debbugs.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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