[aur-general] Notification of GPL violation

[Manhong Dai]

On Sat, May 22, 2021, 7:20 PM Паша <pavel.finkelshtein at gmail.com> wrote:

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> вс, 23 мая 2021 г. в 02:15, Manhong Dai <daimh at umich.edu>:
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>> "(and not copyrighted, surprisingly) part of original source code"
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>> I am truly surprised by the quoted above . How can you think the original
>> source code is not copyrighted? As far as I know, US copyright law doesn't
>> have distinction between different parts of software code.
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>> Unless the upstream put the work in public domain explicitly as in the
>> GPL FAQ link below, I don't think you understanding about copyright is any
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>> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#RequiredToClaimCopyright
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>> Best,
>> Manhong
>> Sent from phone
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> Of course, I meant that there is no copyright notice inside the patch
> file. Does it mean that the distribution of any patch file, patching GPL
> code is illegal? Because it by itself clearly breaks
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Just like any other lawsuit, it is not confirmed to be illegal until a
court says so.

If I am the package maintainer and the upstream complained, I would copy
all the legal document including copyright, license, etc. from the
upstream. If they are small enough, I can even put them inside the patch
file so it is just one single patch file, which is much easier for anybody
who wants to modify my work further.

If the upstream is still grumpy, I will give up and find an alternative.

Just my two cents, as I mentioned many times, I know nothing about law.

Best,
Manhong


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