On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 04:42:35PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:01:19AM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso a écrit : > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 08:33:34PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > > > > So you will have something like (in short): > > > > > > Name: YAPET > > > Contact: Rafael Ostertag <rafi@guengel.ch> > > > Source: http://www.guengel.ch/myapps/yapet/ > > > > > > License: GPL-3+ with OpenSSL exception > > > > > > Files: intl/* m4/* > > > License: GPL-2+ > > > > Ok, this clearify a bit my question on this. I was really not sure if > > I need then to clarify each of the intl/* and m4/* if they have > > "slightly different" coypright note ... > > Hi again, > > I just had another look at your package. The files under m4/* are not under the GPL: > > Copyright (C) 1995-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation > gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, > with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. > > This file can can be used in projects which are not available under > the GNU General Public License or the GNU Library General Public > License but which still want to provide support for the GNU gettext > functionality. > > According to a recent thread on debian-policy, it may not be necessary to > document them. But the final decision is in the hand of the archive > administrators when your package is sponsored for the first time. > > http://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/8763f2pqvk.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu Thanks for pointing me to that, I will have a look at this message and will fix the debian/copyright accordingly. > If the files in intl/* are unused, then actually the above might apply as well. > But I recommend to document their copyright and add a comment explaining that > they are not used, in order to show that you actually verified that there > is no problem and save other people's time. This sounds like a good idea to add such a good comment and document them anyway. It is indeed not my intention to waste the time of the people who will check the package! Many thanks for your checking and comments, I will try to finalize the packaging this weekend. Kind regards Salvatore
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