Bug#490264: lintian: [checks/copyright-file] copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-gpl false positive

To: Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>
Cc: 490264@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#490264: lintian: [checks/copyright-file] copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-gpl false positive
From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:14:37 -0700
Message-id: <[🔎] 87mykpq9xe.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu>
Reply-to: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>, 490264@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20080711044713.15227.27227.reportbug@scott-laptop> (Scott Kitterman's message of "Fri\, 11 Jul 2008 00\:47\:13 -0400")
References: <[🔎] 20080711044713.15227.27227.reportbug@scott-laptop>

Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com> writes:

> Package: lintian
> Version: 1.24.1
> Severity: normal
>
> The python-dns package contains code derived from Python code licensed
> under the CNRI OPEN SOURCE GPL-COMPATIBLE LICENSE.  This reference trips
> the rule and should not.  That is the actual name of the license.

Thanks, will be fixed in the next release.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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