Re: Bug#498875: lintian: please detect 2.x licences and warn
Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 06:44:27PM -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote:
>> Raphael Geissert wrote:
>> +if (m/(The\s+PHP\s+Licen[cs]e,?\s+version\s+2)/si) {
>> + tag "copyright-refers-to-non-free-php-license", "";
>> +}
>> +
>> +if (m/(The\s+PHP\s+Licen[cs]e,?\s+version\s+3\.0[^\d])/si) {
>> + tag "copyright-refers-to-problematic-php-license", "";
>> +}
>> +
>
> You might want to exclude some obvious false-positives like PHP itself
> here.
php won't match, as it is released under the 3.01
>
> [...]
>> +
>> +Tag: copyright-refers-to-non-free-php-license
>> +Type: error
>> +Ref: http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html,
>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal/23332 +Info: This
>> package appears to be covered by the PHP license version 2.x + which is
>> considered non-free for anything but PHP.
>
> The REJECT-FAQ sounds more like it is considered undistributable than
> non-free, which is something else entirely. This needs to be clarified.
The latter is a consequence of the former; but if you find a better wording
or, even better, convince ftpmasters to reply...
>
>> +Tag: copyright-refers-to-problematic-php-license
>> +Type: warning
>> +Ref: http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html,
>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal/22547
>> +Info: This package appears to be covered by the PHP license version 3.0
>> + which is considered problematic for anything that is not PHP and has no
>> + contribution from the PHP Group.
>
> Gruesse,
Cheers,
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