Copyright issues re Debian website

[Bruce Perens]

Ian Jackson wrote:
> It describes a problem very similar that that of the Debian
> website copyright (we don't know exactly who the copyright holders
> are, can't contact them, and wish to make what would be an infringing
> use).
It would indeed be improper to use the procedure that I outlined in the 
case of the conventional orphan copyright holder, Open Source projects 
are different because of the collective nature of the work. The process 
I outlined was suggested some years ago by Larry Rosen, who is an attorney.

    Thanks

    Bruce