From d9039b2409e69e651bf0d7ba582dbf528086332d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Andres Klode Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 17:58:33 +0100 Subject: Address statements of public domain --- COPYING | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'COPYING') diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index d518ef5d4..825da5132 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ Upstream-Name: apt Upstream-Contact: APT Development Team Source: https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt +Comment: + APT is an old software with lots of contributors over its lifetime. This + file is a best effort to document the statements of copyright and licenses + as stated in the file, but is not a complete representation of all copyright + holders - those have been lost to times. + . + Several bits of apt-pkg/contrib have had public domain dedications but + contributions from authors in countries not recognizing a public domain + concept. We believe that these contributions have been done in good faith, + and we treat them as if they had been made under the GPL-2+ as we believe + some contributors may have missed these facts and the overall license statement + for the project has always been GPL-2+, so we cannot be sure that contributors + meant to grant additional permissions. Files: * Copyright: 1997-1999 Jason Gunthorpe and others -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2