On 08/04/04 19:04 +0100, Matthew Johnson said ...
> On Fri Apr 04 18:47, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote:
>
> > You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> > with the Debian GNU/Linux distribution in the file
> > /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL; if not, write to the Free Software
> > Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
>
> This does imply that it's only being distributed with Debian. If so,
> then I don't see a problem with this.
I should've been a bit more explicit.
So if I am packaging a piece of software for Debian and the software is licensed
under the GPL, is the above valid (and more importantly, is it enough) for
debian/copyright? Or is wording like the following a _must_:
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 given wording is only an
> example of a clear licence grant, it's in no way tied to the licence
> itself.
OK, I understand that.
Giridhar
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