[aur-general] PD license/no license
Hey there.
I want to submit sdlmame-cheats package to AUR. Basically, this package would provide a single file; archived collection of user-provided xml files for using in sdlmame. But I have some difficulties with it's license. I couldn't find it nor on the official site, nor in the archive.
Actually, I've asked on local forum what license they are providing their work under [1]. The reply was, I quote, "Any individual cheats in this forum/submitted can be taken as Public Domain. I don't know if the collection needs a license or what type of license to put on the full collection". So what do you think, can I put a "license=('PD')" in PKGBUILD? Or even no license at all?
[1] http://www.mamecheat.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3450&start=0
Anton Shestakov wrote:
Hey there.
I want to submit sdlmame-cheats package to AUR. Basically, this package would provide a single file; archived collection of user-provided xml files for using in sdlmame. But I have some difficulties with it's license. I couldn't find it nor on the official site, nor in the archive.
Actually, I've asked on local forum what license they are providing their work under [1]. The reply was, I quote, "Any individual cheats in this forum/submitted can be taken as Public Domain. I don't know if the collection needs a license or what type of license to put on the full collection". So what do you think, can I put a "license=('PD')" in PKGBUILD? Or even no license at all?
[1] http://www.mamecheat.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3450&start=0
Public Domain has no consistent definition across coutries so is not good for an unwritten licence. I'd use license=('unknown').
Allan
2009/8/8 Allan McRae allan@archlinux.org:
Anton Shestakov wrote:
Hey there. I want to submit sdlmame-cheats package to AUR. Basically, this package would provide a single file; archived collection of user-provided xml files for using in sdlmame. But I have some difficulties with it's license. I couldn't find it nor on the official site, nor in the archive.
Actually, I've asked on local forum what license they are providing their work under [1]. The reply was, I quote, "Any individual cheats in this forum/submitted can be taken as Public Domain. I don't know if the collection needs a license or what type of license to put on the full collection". So what do you think, can I put a "license=('PD')" in PKGBUILD? Or even no license at all?
[1] http://www.mamecheat.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3450&start=0
Public Domain has no consistent definition across coutries so is not good for an unwritten licence. I'd use license=('unknown').
Allan
The CC0 license is a better alternative to public domain: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC0_FAQ
If you use Public Domain or CC0, please make sure to install a copy of the terms in /usr/share/licenses/$pkgname as these are not in the licenses package.
2009/8/8 Allan McRae allan@archlinux.org:
Public Domain has no consistent definition across coutries so is not good for an unwritten licence. I'd use license=('unknown').
Allan
The CC0 license is a better alternative to public domain: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC0_FAQ If you use Public Domain or CC0, please make sure to install a copy of the terms in /usr/share/licenses/$pkgname as these are not in the licenses package.
Thank you Allan, thank you Abhishek. I suggested your alternatives to Pugsy, the site owner. Let's see what he will choose.
Anton Shestakov schrieb:
Hey there.
I want to submit sdlmame-cheats package to AUR. Basically, this package would provide a single file; archived collection of user-provided xml files for using in sdlmame. But I have some difficulties with it's license. I couldn't find it nor on the official site, nor in the archive.
Actually, I've asked on local forum what license they are providing their work under [1]. The reply was, I quote, "Any individual cheats in this forum/submitted can be taken as Public Domain. I don't know if the collection needs a license or what type of license to put on the full collection". So what do you think, can I put a "license=('PD')" in PKGBUILD? Or even no license at all?
[1] http://www.mamecheat.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3450&start=0
Hello,
to my knowledge, not in every country something like "Public Domain" is even a valid term in justice, so I would say, wait a little if there are other answers on that forum, and if not, put license=('unknown') into the PKGBUILD, but provide a license file with the answer you cited from the forum.
Regards Stefan
participants (4)
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Abhishek Dasgupta
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Allan McRae
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Anton Shestakov
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Stefan Husmann