Bug#694561: unblock: mathgl/1.11.2-16
Control: retitle -1 unblock: mathgl/1.11.2-17
Hello Adam,
A new version 1.11.2-17 has been uploaded to unstable. It includes an amended
debian/copyright file which refers to an amended texinfo/copyright.texi file in
the SVN sourceforge repository of mathgl, where it is stated that the
copyright changes apply retrospectively to all previous versions of mathgl.
Could you please unblock mathgl?
The debdiff output is
diff -Nru mathgl-1.11.2/debian/changelog mathgl-1.11.2/debian/changelog
--- mathgl-1.11.2/debian/changelog 2012-11-30 12:55:42.000000000 +0200
+++ mathgl-1.11.2/debian/changelog 2012-12-13 22:38:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+mathgl (1.11.2-17) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Ammend debian/copyright file to reflect the changes done by the upstream
+ author to the texinfo/copyright.texi file in the SCM repository of
+ mathgl at sourceforge.net (Closes: #693885).
+
+ -- Dimitrios Eftaxiopoulos <eftaxi12@otenet.gr> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:33:56
+0200
+
mathgl (1.11.2-16) unstable; urgency=low
* Correct dir in debian/copyright linking to the ammended copyright.texi
diff -Nru mathgl-1.11.2/debian/copyright mathgl-1.11.2/debian/copyright
--- mathgl-1.11.2/debian/copyright 2012-11-30 12:51:07.000000000 +0200
+++ mathgl-1.11.2/debian/copyright 2012-12-13 22:33:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover
Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
Free Documentation License''.
+ This copyright statement applies retrospectively to all previous
+ versions of MathGL.
Comment: The above text has been extracted from the file
http://svn.code.sf.net/p/mathgl/code/mathgl-1x/texinfo/copyright.texi
in the upstream SCM repository, related to version 1.11.3. It is used
Alexey has stated in the texinfo/copyright.texi file of the 1.11.3 version
Best Regards
Dimitris
> > >Στις Παρ 30 Νοε 2012 23:35:17 γράψατε:
> > >>Apologies if I missed a pointer somewhere, but have upstream said
> > >>they're happy applying the new license to 1.11.2? Unfortunately
> > >>the fact
> > >>that they've removed the terms for 1.11.3 doesn't automatically
> > >>make the
> > >>change apply retrospectively.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > >If I ask upstream to add in the texinfo/copyright.texi file a
> > >statement that
> > >the change apply retrospectively for the whole of the 1.x series,
> > >will that be
> > >OK for the FTP master team?
> >
> > It doesn't necessarily need to be in the file itself; a mail that
> > can be pointed at or publicly shared or quoted should be fine too.
>
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