[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#513946: lintian: should not tag copyright-refers-to-versionless-license-file when using 'GPL-2+'



[No need to CC me]

2009/2/2 Evgeni Golov <sargentd@die-welt.net>:
> On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:26:37 -0600 Raphael Geissert wrote:
>
>> >
>> > I suspect there's still arguably a bug in such a package, since this would
>> > imply that the upstream license statement wasn't cut and pasted into the
>> > debian/copyright file, as is recommended best practice even with the new
>> > copyright format.  If it were, that phrase would still be there.
>>
>> Exactly. "License: GPL-2+" isn't a replacement of license statement as it has no
>> meaning. IANAL but I would say it doesn't mean anything, just like "(C)" is not
>> considered to mean "Copyright".
>
> Right, thats why one writes at the end of the file:
> License: GPL-2+
>  On Debian Systems ... /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL

Which doesn't say a word about being able to use the work under the
terms of the GNU GPL version 2 or later. And if you look closer to the
typical license statement you will notice that what it says is not
also included in the license file, which is why it is a requirement.

>
> Regards
> Evgeni
>

Cheers,
-- 
Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer
www.debian.org - get.debian.net

Samuel Goldwyn  - "I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it."



Reply to: