expand copyright clarification

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diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -36,8 +36,82 @@ Comment: Those files are very simple modifications of code included in
  libjcip-annotations-java package. Even though the source code indicates
  is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License 2.5 (non-free
  software), this source code was relicensed by its author Brian Goetz in 2008
- under Creative Commons 3.0 license. For more information, please visit:
- http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/libj/libjcip-annotations-java/current/copyright.
+ under Creative Commons 3.0 license. For more information, please visit
+ http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/libj/libjcip-annotations-java/current/copyright
+ or review the emails exchanged between Brian Goetz and Torsten Werner
+ what are shown below:
+
+  Torsten Werner <twerner@debian.org> has got the following emails from
+Brian Goetz about the license change to CC 3.0:
+
+  From: Brian Goetz <brian@briangoetz.com>
+  To: mail.twerner@googlemail.com
+  Subject: Re: license for jcip-annotations-src.jar
+  Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:57:32 -0400
+
+  I don't have any problem with the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license.
+
+  I do have to say, though, that collectively, I find the open-source
+  community to be quite difficult in the near-religious degree over which
+  licenses are "good" enough.  Over the past twenty years, I've been
+  involved in dozens of open-source projects, some of my own creation,
+  some as minor contributors. And in nearly every one, *someone* has
+  written and asked (or worse, demanded) to change the license because it
+  is a "bad" license choice in some way. Everyone has their own reasons
+  and priorities, but the whole thing tends to leave me with that "no good
+  deed goes unpunished" feeling -- that I've tried to give something to
+  the world for free, but it somehow isn't enough.
+
+  I offer these thoughts not as a personal criticism, as I know you are
+  contributing your effort for the good of the world as well and simply
+  trying to follow the policies of your community, but in the hopes that
+  you will consider the ways in which the obsession over which licenses
+  are "pure" enough hurts the entire OSS community, and maybe pass these
+  concerns on to those who are making this particular bit of trouble.
+  (The OSS community reminds me of the bit in Monty Python's "Life of
+  Brian", where the various revolutionary groups are so focused on
+  undermining each other, that they forget that their common enemy is the
+  Romans.)
+
+  Regards,
+  -Brian Goetz
+
+
+  Torsten Werner wrote:
+  > Dear Mr. Goetz,
+  >
+  > I am a Debian developer and I am packaging jgroups for Debian. This
+  > package contains two files from
+  > http://www.jcip.net/jcip-annotations-src.jar which is licensed under
+  > the under the Creative Commons Attribution License version 2.5. This
+  > license is not considered a free software license by the Debian
+  > community because it has some issues. Would it be possible to
+  > relicense the Code under a free software license? Some examples are
+  > the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license or the LGPL.
+  >
+  > Best regards,
+  > Torsten Werner
+  >
+
+  ----------
+
+  From: Brian Goetz <brian@briangoetz.com>
+  To: mail.twerner@googlemail.com
+  Subject: Re: license for jcip-annotations-src.jar
+  Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:50:44 -0400
+
+  I hereby grant license to the "JCiP Annotations" code contained in
+  jcip-annotations-src.jar under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
+
+  Torsten Werner wrote:
+  > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 4:20 AM, Brian Goetz <brian@briangoetz.com> wrote:
+  >> I'll go with Attribution.  What do you need from me?
+  >
+  > Erm, just send me a statement that you license
+  > jcip-annotations-src.jar under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.
+  >
+  > Thank you very much!
+  > Torsten
 
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