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Bug#850678: RFS: gnome-shell-extension-show-ip/4.0.1-1 [ITP]



Hello Kyle Robbertze,

On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 11:49:06AM +0200, Kyle Robbertze wrote:
> Package: sponsorship-requests
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Dear mentors,
> 
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "gnome-shell-extension-show-ip"
[...]

Really quickly looked at your package. The first thing to look at
is debian/copyright as first thing to happen to your package after
upload is that it'll get stuck in the NEW queue waiting for ftp-master
review. They'll make sure your package is properly licensed and has
obvious critical issues.

Unfortunately you seem to document GPLv3+ in debian/copyright while
the actual sources seems to say GPLv2+. (Except for the BSD special
case which you already documented.)

In my personal opinion it's your choice to "upgrade" to the later version
but in my experience the ftp-masters expect you to document the original
licensing offer made by upstream in debian/copyright.
(So if you actually intend to upgrade the version of the license
you likely atleast need to state this explicitly so it's obvious
when it gets reviewed. I assume it's a simple mistake on your side
though and you intended to use the same license as upstream.)

I haven't looked further (yet).....

Regards,
Andreas Henriksson


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