[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Lintian over sensitivity?



Hi all,


I'm packaging a new version of fakeroot-ng, and I get the following warning from Lintian -iI:

W: fakeroot-ng: copyright-without-copyright-notice
N:
N:   The copyright file for this package does not appear to contain a
N:   copyright notice. You should copy the copyright notice from the
N:   upstream source (or add one of your own for a native package). A
N:   copyright notice must consist of Copyright, Copr., or the Unicode
N:   symbol of C in a circle followed by the years and the copyright
N:   holder.
N:
N:   If the package is in the public domain rather than copyrighted, be
N: sure to mention "public domain" in the copyright file. Please be aware
N:   that this is very rare and not the same as a DFSG-free license. True
N: public domain software is generally limited to such special cases as a
N:   work product of a United States government agency.
N:
N:   Refer to http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html for details.
N:
This is the copyright file:

his package was debianized by Shachar Shemesh <shachar@debian.org> on
Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:27:55 +0000.

It was downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/fakerootng

Fakeroot-ng is copyrighted (C) 2007-2008 by Shachar Shemesh

Further copyright and credits can be found at /usr/share/doc/fakeroot-ng/AUTHORS

License:

    This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.

The Debian packaging is (C) 2008, Shachar Shemesh <shachar@debian.org> and
is licensed under the GPL, see above.
At least superficially, the copyright file lives up to all of the requirements that lintian asks for.

Lintian version 1.23.45

Changing the line to read:
Copyright (C) 2007-2008 by Shachar Shemesh
pacifies lintian, but I still think this is over sensitivity on its behalf.

Shachar


Reply to: