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Bug#58270: advertising clause conflicts with the GPL



>Package: libc6
>Version: 2.1.2-11
>
>/usr/doc/libc6/copyright includes the BSD advertising clause.
>
>This conflicts with the GPL.  I believe that BSD no longer uses
>the advertising clause.
>
>Can't the copyright notice get updated?

No, because the BSD code in the sources still bears that clause.
-- 
Joel Klecker (aka Espy)                    Debian GNU/Linux Developer
<URL:mailto:jk@espy.org>                 <URL:mailto:espy@debian.org>
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