Bug#980261: RFS: jgmenu/4.3.0-1 [RFP] -- Simple X11 menu
GPL2 applies.
> On 26 Jan 2021, at 22:27, Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org> wrote:
>
> X-Debbugs-CC: mati75@linuxmint.pl jgm323@gmail.com
>
>
>> On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 21:38:16 +0100 =?UTF-8?Q?Mateusz_=c5=81ukasik?=
>> <mati75@linuxmint.pl> wrote:
>> Package: sponsorship-requests
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> Dear mentors,
>>
>> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "jgmenu":
>>
>> * Package name : jgmenu
>> Version : 4.3.0-1
>> Upstream Author : Johan Malm <jgm323@gmail.com>
>> * URL : https://jgmenu.github.io/
>> * License : LGPL-2+, GPL-2+, Expat, LGPL-3+
>> * Vcs : https://github.com/mati75/jgmenu
>> Section : x11
>>
>> It builds those binary packages:
>>
>> jgmenu-xfce4-panel-applet - xfce4-panel applet for jgmenu
>> jgmenu - Simple X11 menu
>>
>> To access further information about this package, please visit the
> following URL:
>>
>> https://mentors.debian.net/package/jgmenu/
>>
>> Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this
> command:
>>
>> dget -x
> https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/j/jgmenu/jgmenu_4.3.0-1.dsc
>>
>> Changes for the initial release:
>>
>> jgmenu (4.3.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
>> .
>> * Initial release. (Closes: #882210)
>
>
> One major problem: debian/copyright in your work says that the whole
> project is licensed under GPL-2+, however the LICENSE file from
> upstream only gives GPLv2 license text. The README file also does not
> mention that the whole project is licensed under GPLv2 **or later**.
>
> Could you please contact upstream to clarify the case? The best output
> would be adding a "the whole project is licensed under GPLv2 or later"
> sentense in the README file, which would make things clear to everyone.
>
> P.S. I took a look at upstream's debian/copyright file at
> https://github.com/johanmalm/jgmenu/blob/master/debian/copyright , in
> which the upstream only mentioned GPL-2, not GPL-2+. If upstream is
> only willing to release the whole project under GPL-2-only, using GPL-
> 2+ is wrong and must be fixed.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Boyuan Yang
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