Artistic

[Erick Branderhorst <branderhorst@fgg.eur.nl>]

Hi Developers,

The recently uploaded (still in incoming) package weblint 1.014-2
contains the artistic license in the copyright file. The perl program
is also distributed under the artistic license (and GPL as well). A
reference to the artistic license is made from the perl copyright file
but I couldn't find the artistic license very easily. Finally I did:

dpkg --search rtistic
mailagent: /usr/doc/copyright/mailagent.Artistic
dist: /usr/doc/copyright/dist.Artistic

# dpkg --status dist|modified
Package: dist
Priority: extra

# dpkg --status mailagent|modified
Package: mailagent
Priority: extra

In other words, the copyright notice in perl is refering to files from
"extra" packages. I suggest including the Artistic license in the base
package (which contains the GPL, LGPL and BSD information) under the
name Artistic. It can be soft-linked to by other packages.

from /usr/doc/copyright/perl:
[del]
        b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this Kit.
[del]

from /usr/doc/copyright/weblint:
Weblint is copyright 1994,1995,1996 Neil Bowers, and distributed under
the Artistic License. 

                         The "Artistic License"

                                Preamble

The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a
Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some
[del]

                                The End






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Erick Branderhorst@heel.fgg.eur.nl +31-10-4635142
Department of General Surgery (Intensive Care) University Hospital Rotterdam NL