Re: Bug#772417: desktop-base: debian/copyright file needs to be updated
Le 06/12/2014 17:10, Francesco Poli (wintermute) a écrit :
> Therefore, I prepared the attached patch for the copyright file.
> Please apply it as soon as possible, provided that you agree with it,
> of course.
Sure.
A questions though :
Could you comment on the rationale for keeping the old license − all the
« used to be released under the following terms » section ?
Does it give any better license compatibility ?
Can’t we just keep the new lincense as we’re releasing a new version of
the package ?
If it can be avoided it’s probably interesting not to add one more
license to the game.
> Moreover, while preparing the patch, I noticed an unfortunate issue
> with the licensing of the Lines theme: Juliette kindly dual-licensed
> it under the terms of the GNU GPL v2.
> But the GNU LGPL v3 (which is the license adopted for Debian “Open Use”
> Logo with the “Debian” label) is incompatible with the GNU GPL v2.
> I think we have to ask Juliette to add the "or later" option to the
> dual-license: if she dual-licenses her theme under the GNU GPL v2 or
> later, we may dodge the incompatibility issue.
> I am going to get in touch with Juliette soon, if you do not have
> objections.
I think Juliette is mainly interested in getting Lines integrated into
Debian, so I hope she’ll be fine.
@Juliette would it be OK for you to add « or later » to the license
statement on the wiki like :
GNU GPL v2 or later at user’s choice
Thanks,
--Aurélien
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