Bug#498994: lintian: should not complaining about copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-gpl with CeCILL license
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 11:05:13AM +0200, Sylvestre Ledru wrote:
> Lintian should not complain when the debian/copyright file contains the full CeCILL license with this error:
> E: giws: copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-gpl
>
> There is a few references to the GPL (about the compatibility):
> http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL_V2-en.txt
> "5.3.4 COMPATIBILITY WITH THE GNU GPL"
Lintian already tries to check for CeCILL license with the following
regex: m/CeCILL FREE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT/
Could you provide us with the copyright file in question to see why
this doesn't match in your case?
Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
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