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Re: Applying the terms of GPL to your program



On Sat Apr 05 00:06, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote:

> 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_:

Yes, I would say it is. debian/copyright needs to give the licence
status for everything in the package, so any isomorphic declaration is
fine. It's just customary to copy the upstream declaration verbatim and
then add clarification below.

Matt

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