On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 2:53 AM, Phil Dillon-Thiselton <dibblethewrecker@gmail.com> wrote:
2008/10/31 Aaron Hussein Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>:
Hey guys,
I just got the email below and want to take this opportunity to point a few things out:
Licenses are important. If a project has no license that DOES NOT mean you are able to redistribute it by adding a file that says "Free to use". Just because it is in the AUR doesn't mean we are in the clear.
That said, I believe this email is a little silly for three reasons: a) Nothing there is stolen. It is a PKGBUILD. If it is illegal to redistribute the source, then the end user is liable (something we DON'T want). b) The original tarball no longer exists. c) I have seen no proof of copyright.
Still, I do want to take this opportunity to point out that we NEED to be more careful here.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Northcott <richard@enfour.co.jp> Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:03 AM Subject: Stolen material To: aaron@archlinux.org, jvinet@zeroflux.org
This is stolen copyrighted material. Please remove.
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/stardict-longman/
Richard Northcott Enfour,Inc. Tokyo
I'm well confused here. We haven't "taken" anything at all, we've provided a link to the software. I think he thinks the tarball in that AUR is the source, which it isn't. I think you should ask exactly what he thinks we have stolen.
To be clear, I've responded to the guy, but never got anything back. I simply asked for proof of the copyright ownership.