Bug#658920: lintian: AGPLv3 not accepted bye Lintian
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.4
Severity: normal
Dear Lintian maintainers,
I get this messages when checking my packages:
E: burp: copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-gpl
N:
N: The strings "GNU General Public License" or "GPL" appear in the
N: copyright file for this package, but the copyright file does not
N: reference /usr/share/common-licenses as the location of the GPL on
N: Debian systems.
N:
N: If the package uses some other license that just mentions the GPL and
N: that Lintian should detect as an exception, please file a Lintian bug.
N: If the copyright file must mention the GPL for reasons other than
N: stating the license of the package, please add a Lintian override.
N:
N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 12.5 (Copyright information) for
N: details.
N:
N: Severity: important, Certainty: possible
N:
N: Check: copyright-file, Type: binary
BUT its not GPL License but a AGPLv3 License .
So the messages is incorrect, can you please correct tis isue.
I will add a copy of my copyright file:
Format: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5
Upstream-Name: burp
Source: http://burp.grke.net/
Upstream Author(s):
Copyright:
License: AGPLv3
For the most part, Burp is licensed under the AGPL version 3. This
code is listed under Copyright Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.
What follows is the addition(s) to the AGPL version 3 license, that
applies to code that is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation
Europe e.V.
Linking:
As a special exception to the AGPLv3, the Burp Project gives
permission to link the code of its release of Burp with the OpenSSL
project's "OpenSSL" library (or with modified versions of it that use
the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute the linked
executables. You must obey the GNU Affero General Public License in all
respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL".
As a special exception to the AGPLv3, the Burp Project gives
permission to link the code of its release of the Burp Windows client
with the Microsoft supplied Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) libraries
and distribute the linked executables. You must obey the GNU General
Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than for
the Microsoft VSS code, where you must obey their license terms.
The Burp Project gives permission for plugins with AGPLv3 compatible
licenses to be loaded and distributed with the Burp executables as
long as the combined work is distributed under the terms listed in the
Burp LICENSE file. A full list of AGPLv3 compatible licenses can be
found at: http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/. If you wish to load
or distribute plugins with different licensing terms please contact
the Burp Project via http://burp.grke.net/
Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2012 Bas van den Dikkenberg <bas@dikkenberg.net>
License: GPL-3+
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils 2.22-4
ii bzip2 1.0.6-1
ii diffstat 1.55-2
ii file 5.09-2
ii gettext 0.18.1.1-5
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1
ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.25+b1
ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1
ii libclone-perl 0.31-1+b2
ii libdpkg-perl 1.16.1.2
ii libemail-valid-perl 0.185-1
ii libipc-run-perl 0.90-1
ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1
ii libtimedate-perl 1.2000-1
ii liburi-perl 1.59-1
ii locales 2.13-24
ii man-db 2.6.0.2-3
ii patchutils 0.3.2-1.1
ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.14.2-6
ii unzip 6.0-5
lintian recommends no packages.
Versions of packages lintian suggests:
ii binutils-multiarch <none>
ii dpkg-dev 1.16.1.2
ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.69-1+b1
ii libtext-template-perl <none>
ii man-db 2.6.0.2-3
ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20110809-3
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