Re: upx under GPL
Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org> writes:
> > > > |This package isn't under just the GPL as the copyright file says, but
> > > > |the GPL plus some very important exceptions.
> > > > |
> > > > |--
> > > > |James
> > > >
> > > > I wish a statement from James why the extra permissions make the package
> > > > unsuitable for Debian main.
> > >
> > > The way I read it, the rejection was just because the copyright
> > > file did not contain the full license.
[Richard is right, incidentally]
> The copyright file contained the full license, as attached to my first
> mail.
No, it did not.
---- copyright from upx-ucl_1.01-1_i386.deb ----
./usr/share/doc/upx-ucl/copyright
This is the pre-packaged Debian Linux version of the UPX executable
compressor. It was packaged by Leon Breedt <ljb@debian.org>
from sources originally retrieved from:
http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/download/upx/
Copyright notice:
UPX is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
version 2, a copy of which is available from /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL
on Debian systems.
------------------------------------------------
--
James
Reply to: