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Re: FilterProxy and DFSG-compliancy?



On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 09:14:29PM +0100, Kenneth Vestergaard Schmidt wrote:
> The first is, that one lines is added at the top of "COPYING". That one
> line can just be added verbatim to "debian/copyright", and then provide the 
> usual reference to /usr/share/common-licenses.
> 
> However, what the line states is:
> "Please see the file LICENSE for a modification to the license for 
> FilterProxy"

You should add more than just this line.  The entire text of LICENSE
should go into the copyright file.

Is the author aware that the extra clauses also make his license
incompatible with the GPL?  This means he can't use GPL code from
other programs in FilterProxy.

Richard Braakman



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