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+Extracted from Debian GNU/Linux's package:
+
+[...]
+
+Compface - 48x48x1 image compression and decompression
+Copyright (c) James Ashton 1990.
+Written 89/11/11
+
+Feel free to distribute this source at will so long as the above
+message and this message are included in full.
+
+This copyright message dosn't specify whether modified version is allowed,
+but the following mail from the author does allow them:
+
+> From: James Ashton <James.Ashton@syseng.anu.edu.au>
+> Subject: Re: Bug#72019: compface not DFSG
+> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:48:34 +1100 (EST)
+> 
+> >On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 08:58:43AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
+> >> Package: compface
+> >> Version: 1989.11.11-17.1
+> >> Severity: important
+> >>
+> >> compface's copyright doesn't grant permission to
+> >> distribute modified versions
+> >
+> >The compface copyright says:
+> >
+> >Feel free to distribute this source at will so long as the above
+> >message and this message are included in full.
+> >
+> >
+> >Which could be interpretated as it is allowed to distribute modified
+> >versions of it. James Ashton is the original author, would you care to
+> >clairify the matter, mr Ashton?
+> 
+> I don't mind modified versions being distributed.  Please included the
+> original copyright notices as specified and also prominently note, if
+> it is a modified version, the nature and author(s) of the
+> modifications.
+> --
+> James Ashton                  VK1XJA                    System Administrator
+> http://wwwsyseng.anu.edu.au/~jaa                   Department of Systems Engineering
+> Voice +61 2 6279 8675  Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering
+> FAX   +61 2 6279 8688                         Australian National University
+> Email James.Ashton@anu.edu.au                    Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
+> 
+
+Another peoblem with the copyright of this source code is that the
+copyright message in the source files and in the readme file is conflicting.
+The following mail from the author should clear that up:
+
+> From: James Ashton <James.Ashton@syseng.anu.edu.au>
+> Subject: Re: libcompface license (again)
+> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 09:32:23 +1100 (EST)
+> 
+> >Hi,
+> >I'm maintaining the debian pkg of your compface lib, and I've talket to you
+> >before about it's license. And now ouer legal people have found another
+> >problem. The sourcefiles contains a diffrent copyright notice than the
+> >redmefile. They say:
+> >
+
+/*
+ *  Compface - 48x48x1 image compression and decompression
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) James Ashton - Sydney University - June 1990.
+ *
+ *  Written 11th November 1989.
+ *
+ *  Permission is given to distribute these sources, as long as the
+ *  copyright messages are not removed, and no monies are exchanged. 
+ *
+ *  No responsibility is taken for any errors on inaccuracies inherent
+ *  either to the comments or the code of this program, but if reported
+ *  to me, then an attempt will be made to fix them.
+ */
+
+> >
+> >The problem is the last part "no monies are exchanged". As you probably=20
+> >know we do allow third party companies to produce debian CDs and sell them.
+> >So this statement would inmply that we can't have your libcompface in
+> debian
+> >at all.
+> 
+> I'm happy to remove the phrase no monies are exchanged' from the
+> source and allow distribution as per the README file.  Do you need more
+> from me than just this email?
+> --
+> James Ashton                    VK1XJA                    System Administrator
+> http://wwwsyseng.anu.edu.au/~jaa             Department of Systems Engineering
+> Voice +61 2 6125 8675  Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering
+> FAX   +61 2 6125 8660                           Australian National University
+> Email James.Ashton@anu.edu.au                      Canberra ACT 0200 Australia