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Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: splitvt
Upstream-Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken@devolution.com>
Source: http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/projects/splitvt/
Files: *
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1993 Sam Lantinga
License: GPL-2
Comment:
The following copyright notices can still be found in the source code:
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/* utmp.c Shareware Copyright by Sam Lantinga 10/6/93 */
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That is a historical relic, though. The current copyright of splitvt is the
GPL-2; the text to which can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 on a
Debian system.
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Before the copyright was expressly changed to the GPL, I wrote and asked the
author about copyright. He replied:
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Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 13:39:18 -0700
From: Sam Lantinga <slouken@domo.ccnet.com>
To: Joey Hess <joey@kite.ml.org>
Cc: slouken@mongoloid.devolution.com
Subject: Re: splitvt copyright
X-Mailer: My Mailer 1.5 <slouken@devolution.com>
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> I've never heard of no fee shareware before. What restrictions does that
> place on the software? Can it be put on a cd with other software (such as a
> linux distribution) and sold for profit? Can it be used by anyone, for any
> purpose? If so, why don't you just place it under the GPL?
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Consider it GPL'd. I wrote it before I was aware of the GPL, and haven't
done much work on it in quite a while.
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> At this point, I'm not sure if splitvt's copyright will let it go in our
> main distribution, that is sold on cd, or not. Awaiting your clarification..
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You are more than welcome to put splitvt in the Debian distribution.
It is already in Slackware and S.u.S.E.
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See ya!
-Sam Lantinga (slouken@devolution.com)
.
--
Author of Linux Maelstrom -
http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/Maelstrom/
--
Files: debian/*
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1997 Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
Copyright (C) 2011 Mònica Ramírez Arceda <monica@debian.org>
License: GPL-2
License: GPL-2
This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
.
This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this package. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Comment:
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".
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