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Re: Change of address in GPL 2



On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:04:23 +0200
Giovanni Mascellani <g.mascellani@gmail.com> wrote:

> The address of the FSF included in the GPL changed some times ago (I
> don't know when, but it's not important). I'm now packaging a program
> whose original license reports the old address (and lintian -I notices).
> 
> Should I copy in debian/copyright the old address or the new one? Or
> maybe should I change also the address contained in the license
> statement in the source code files?

Use the correct, current, address in debian/copyright.

File a bug with upstream to get the address changed in the source.

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