Hi Jonas, Am Fri, 29 May 2015 12:55:51 +0200 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard: >The proper License shortname when copyright holder states "[…] either > version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version." > is >not "LGPL" nor "LGPL-2.1" but "LGPL-2.1+" - more on License shortnames >at http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ . > >The actual License you then should reference in the License paragraph >is /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2.1 - without trailing plus: The >license itself is not "...or newer", only the license _grant_ issued >by the copyright holder. > > >Hope that helps, I think it does. So, if I interpret this correctly, it is best having the grant in debian/copyright in machine-readable shortform "LGPL-2.1+", plus the full grant text (including the "or later") in a license paragraph with a reference to common-licenses for the full license text? Thanks, Marcel
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