Re: SWIG license change to GPLv3, wording of debian/copyright?

[Torsten Landschoff <t.landschoff@gmx.net>]

Hi Charles,

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 08:18:21AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> > Does anybody think it is wrong to summarize in debian/copyright that SWIG
> > is GPLv3 with parts being under MIT or BSD license instead of putting in
> > a full copy? It is my understanding that GPLv3 is the most restrictive
> > license of the bunch.
> 
> The GPL adds restrictions but does not cancel the terms of the MIT and BSD
> licenses, so their requrirement that ‘Redistributions in binary form must
> reproduce the above copyright notice…’ still fully applies: you have to quote
> them entirely.

Thanks for your feedback. I updated the copyright file and uploaded swig 2.0
minutes ago.

Greetings, Torsten