Re: doubt about license
* Pietro Battiston [Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:47:53 +0100]:
Hello, Pietro, thanks for noticing this.
> Please forgive my ignorance, but why does package python-openid, which
> has an Apache license (with some boilerplate not filled at the end, I
> think) in LICENSE file, report LGPL in debian/copyright?
> Googling a little, I couldn't understand if such a migration is legally
> plausible (I don't think so, but I'm not an expert). But even if it was,
> what is the reason?
Such "migration" is indeed not possible at all, and the copyright file
in the Debian package is bogus.
This is a serious bug according to Debian standards. I've reported it as
#514064.
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