Bug#516687: lintian: copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-gfdl should check for version
Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com> writes:
> Attached mbox should do it.
Look at the context of the patch. :)
> --- a/checks/copyright-file
> +++ b/checks/copyright-file
> @@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ if (m,/usr/share/common-licenses,
> || m/GNU Free Documentation License\s*Version 1\.1/
> || m/CeCILL FREE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT/ #v2.0
> || m/FREE SOFTWARE LICENSING AGREEMENT CeCILL/ #v1.1
> + || m/GNU Free Documentation License.+Version 1\.1, March 2000/s
> || m/CNRI OPEN SOURCE GPL-COMPATIBLE LICENSE AGREEMENT/
> || m/GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE\s+Version 1/
> || m/compatible\s+with\s+(?:the\s+)?(?:GNU\s+)?GPL/
The real problem is that the existing regex didn't match this particular
reference. I'm taking a look now.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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