On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 09:49:41AM +0000, Qingning Huo wrote: > I am working on these two packages: libtorrent and rtorrent [1]. There > are no copyright claims on any source files or README files. There is > only an AUTHORS file with the name and email of the author. On the > other hand, it is indicated on the website that the software is > "Licensed under the GPL", but I can find nowhere in the source tarball > saying so. There is a COPYING file (GPLv2) though. > > Obviously, the author wants the software be released as GPL, so it > should be DFSG free. But, he didn't follow the "How to apply" guide of > GPL. Are there source tarballs suitable as part of debian source > packages? And, how should I write the debian/copyright? Does he use some statements in the source files? regards fEnIo -- ,''`. Bartosz Fenski | mailto:fenio@debian.org | pgp:0x13fefc40 | irc:fEnIo : :' : 32-050 Skawina - Glowackiego 3/15 - w. malopolskie - Poland `. `' phone:+48602383548 | proud Debian maintainer and user `- http://skawina.eu.org | jid:fenio@jabber.org | rlu:172001
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