Re: GPLv3 x lintian
Dear Sirs:
Time has passed. I upgraded my box to Gutsy and the GPLv3 is at the
/usr/share/common-licenses directory. Now I will release the first stable
version of ChironFS. In the previous releases I just packaged it in binary
form for the .deb format. But now I am packaging it in source form following
the guidelines I found at:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/
http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/index.en.html#contents
http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-dreq.en.html
I installed a debian-40r3 in a kvm machine. Now I am customizing the
copyright file at the $PACKAGEDIR/debian/ directory. As dh_make
generates this file refering to the GPL-2 I have changed it to refer to
the GPL-3 and then I took a look at the /usr/share/common-licenses
directory and found no GPL-3 document. I found a GPL and a GPL-2
documents, but the GPL and GPL-2 documents are exactly equal as
checked with diff.
So, where's the GPL-3 document? It will be there only if I install a
debian package whose license is GPL-3? I installed only a basic
system without any graphic environment.
Thank you
Best Regards
2007/9/10, Luis Furquim <luisfurquim@gmail.com>:
> Hi
>
> Ok. When I upgrade to Gutsy the problem will be solved. But as this will
> happen
> in october, I will probably release new versions before it since I an in a
> release
> candidate stage and I have one more bug to fix. So, until there, I will
> remove the
> text refering to the common license directory from the copyright and let
> lintian
> throw that error.
>
> Thank you for your attention
>
> Best Regards
>
> Luis Otavio Furquim
>
> 2007/9/10, Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>:
> > On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 08:12:19PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > > "Luis Furquim" <luisfurquim@gmail.com> writes:
> > > > The problem is that my package is GPLv3 licensed and lintian threw the
> > > > error message
> copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-gpl and
> > > > in my Ubuntu Feisty Fawn box I found no GPLv3 license in the common
> > > > license directory. So if I refer to that directory, I will change my
> > > > package license to GPLv2. In the other hand, if I do not refer to this
> > > > directory, lintian tells me that my DEB package is not ok with the
> > > > debian policies.
> > >
> > > lintian is primarily a Debian package checker, and the current Debian
> > > base-files includes the GPLv3. I expect that Ubuntu will follow. The
> > > correct long-term solution for your package is to refer to the copy of
> the
> > > GPLv3 in common-licenses.
> >
> > Indeed. Ubuntu 7.10 (in development) includes the GPLv3 in
> > common-licenses. For 7.04 packages it is probably more correct and
> > helpful to your users, not to mention legal, to simply ignore the
> > lintian warning and copy the GPLv3 into your copyright file.
> >
> > (It's OK to ignore lintian warnings provided you understand why!)
> >
> > --
> > Colin Watson
> [cjwatson@ubuntu.com]
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Luis Otávio de Colla Furquim
> Don't feed the tribbles
> http://www.furquim.org/chironfs
>
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