Re: RFS: libmusicbrainz-2.1 (adopting)
Lukáš Lalinský <lalinsky@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm looking for a sponsor for updated package libmusicbrainz-2.1. This package
> contains the new upstream release (2.1.3) which fixes #365379.
>
> The package is at:
> http://users.musicbrainz.org/~luks/ubuntu2/dists/sid/main/source/libmusicbrainz-2.1_2.1.3-1.diff.gz
> http://users.musicbrainz.org/~luks/ubuntu2/dists/sid/main/source/libmusicbrainz-2.1_2.1.3-1.dsc
> http://users.musicbrainz.org/~luks/ubuntu2/dists/sid/main/source/libmusicbrainz-2.1_2.1.3.orig.tar.gz
The packaging is fine except for the copyright file: The python modules
seem to be licensed under the GPL, which is not stated in the copyright
file.
More generally, you should show more of the copyright text than "LGPL".
See eg. the good advice in
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/03/msg01119.html .
I propose something like the following sections:
----8<---
The library is distributed under the following license.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
USA.
The full text of the GNU Lesser General Public License is available on
Debian systems in /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL.
The perl modules are distributed under the following license.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Perl is distributed under the Artistic License. The full text of the
Artistic License is available on Debian systems in
/usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic.
The python modules are distributed under the following license.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
USA.
The full text of the GNU General Public License is available on Debian
systems in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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(Just respond in private)
Cheers,
--
Jens Peter Secher
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A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion
Q. Why is top posting bad?
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