On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 12:17:00AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > Instead, I think we should amend policy in this way: > > Packages under a fixed, definite version of the GPL should refer to > the versioned GPL file in /usr/share/common-licenses. On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 10:21:25AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > In other words, I think it would be ok if our copyright files were worded > like this: > > This program is free software. It is under GPL version 2 or later. On Debian > systems, the latest GPL version is in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. Ok, new proposed patch, incorporating these fixes. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is honeypot@aybabtu.com. Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list.
diff -ur debian-policy-3.7.2.2.old/policy.sgml debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml
--- debian-policy-3.7.2.2.old/policy.sgml 2006-10-03 00:36:50.000000000 +0200
+++ debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml 2007-06-30 10:55:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -8625,15 +8625,14 @@
<p>
Packages distributed under the UCB BSD license, the Artistic
- license, the GNU GPL, and the GNU LGPL, should refer to the
- corresponding files under
+ license, the GNU GPL or LGPL (any version as published by the Free
+ Software Foundation that Debian considers free), should refer to
+ the corresponding files under
<file>/usr/share/common-licenses</file>,<footnote>
<p>
For example,
<file>/usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic</file>,
<file>/usr/share/common-licenses/BSD</file>,
- <file>/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL</file>,
- <file>/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL</file>,
<file>/usr/share/common-licenses/GFDL</file>,
<file>/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2</file>, and
<file>/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2.1</file>, and so
@@ -8642,7 +8641,20 @@
<file>/usr/share/common-licenses/GFDL</file>.
</p>
</footnote> rather than quoting them in the copyright
- file.
+ file. Packages under a fixed, definite version of the GPL or LGPL
+ should refer to the versioned GPL or LGPL file in
+ <file>/usr/share/common-licenses</file>. Packages that are licensed under a fixed
+ version of the GPL or LGPL, but giving the licensee the option to
+ adhere to terms of any later version of the license, should refer to
+ the unversioned GPL or LGPL file in <file>/usr/share/common-licenses</file>, making
+ it clear which versions may be used.<footnote>
+ <p>
+ For example, the copyright file might read:
+ <example>
+ This program is free software. It is under GPL version 2 or later. On Debian
+ systems, the latest version of the GPL is in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
+ </example>
+ </p></footnote>
</p>
<p>
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