diff -urN bibclean-2.11.4.orig/bibclean.copyright bibclean-2.11.4/bibclean.copyright --- bibclean-2.11.4.orig/bibclean.copyright 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ bibclean-2.11.4/bibclean.copyright 2006-12-02 18:41:53.000000000 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +This package was debianized by Henning Makholm on +September 7-21, 2003. + +It was downloaded from + http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/bibclean/bibclean-2.11.4.tar.gz + +Upstream Author: + Nelson H. F. Beebe + +Copyright: + The upstream tarball contains no copyright notices, but the + following email from the author makes it clear that it is intended + to be "in the public domain, and freely distributable and + modifiable": + +Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 08:43:14 -0600 (MDT) +From: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" +To: Henning Makholm +Cc: beebe@math.utah.edu +X-US-Mail: "Center for Scientific Computing, Department of Mathematics, 110 + LCB, University of Utah, 155 S 1400 E RM 233, Salt Lake City, UT + 84112-0090, USA" +X-Telephone: +1 801 581 5254 +X-FAX: +1 801 585 1640, +1 801 581 4148 +X-URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe +Subject: Re: Request for license clarification for bibclean +In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:14:26 +0200 +Message-ID: + +Thanks for your query about the licensing issue with bibclean. + +I am of course happy to see bibclean used and freely distributed. In +the past, I have not placed explicit licenses on my software packages, +expecting them to be consider in the public domain, and freely +distributable and modifiable. However, at the urging of Karl Berry +and Richard Stallman in their response to instances of unscrupulous +reuse of free software, I have starting adding explicit GPL licensing +as new package releases come out. It is not practical to retrofit +such licenses into older releases. + +The next release of bibclean will have such a license. + +I am at the tail end of a year-long book project, so many of my +software projects have been delayed. + +Recently, I found some time to work on the next version of bibclean, +which is primarily polishing of packaging, and enhancing portability +even further. That version will be bibclean-2-14, but it is quite +likely that it won't be out before late fall this year. + +It would therefore make sense to delay your Debian packaging until +then. In the meantime, you can continue to point people to the +official archive at + + ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/bibclean + http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/bibclean + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +- Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 - +- Center for Scientific Computing FAX: +1 801 581 4148 - +- University of Utah Internet e-mail: beebe@math.utah.edu - +- Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB beebe@acm.org beebe@computer.org - +- 155 S 1400 E RM 233 - +- Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe - +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + +