Re: One noob, 3 orphan source packages, 14 .deb, looking for a sponsor

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

i wrote:
> >   License: GPL-3
> >    The source code is GPL-2-or-later. By linking with GPL-3 licensed
> >    libreadline.so.6 the resulting binaries become GPL-3 licensed, too.

Don Armstrong wrote:
> debian/copyright documents the license of the source code, not license
> the resultant binary.

I see. The man page effect again.
  https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dreq.en.html#copyright
So back to

  License: GPL-2
   On Debian systems the full text of the GNU General Public License can
   be found in the /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 file.


> [Obviously, there are requirements on the
> resultant binary, but debian/copyright is not the place to document
> them.]

I am curious whether it will cause a new bug report when
Debian's xorriso says

  $ xorriso -version
  ...
  Provided under GNU GPL version 3 or later, due to libreadline license.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

although the copyright information says GPL-2.
And both are correct. Quantum physics.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas