Bug#512562: Review of copyright file for xsettings-kde.
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Dear Guido,
In the hope of speeding the processing of the NEW queue, I had a look to the
copyright file of your new package, xsettings-kde. I have found the following
discrepancy: the file xsettings-* are not licensed under the GPL. This may get
your pakcage rejected by our archive administrators. It also might be argued
that the GPL is not compatible witht the license of these files; it could be
worthwile to seek some advice about this. See for instance the following two
emails:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/05/msg00753.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/08/msg00254.html
A more minor issue: I think that in the absence of contrary statement, works
licenced under the GPL can be relicensed to later versions.
I encourage you to upload an updated version. I attached a proposed patch for
your copyright file, as well as a "machine-readable version".
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
Format-Specification: http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat
Upstream-Name: XSettings-KDE
Upstream-Maintainer: Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@mandriva.com>
Upstream-Source: http://svn.mandriva.com/svn/soft/theme/xsettings-kde/
Files: *
Copyright: Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@mandriva.com>
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' file.
.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
File: xsettings-common.*, xsettings-manager.*
Copyright: © 2001 Red Hat, Inc.
License:
Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
documentation, and that the name of Red Hat not be used in advertising or
publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
written prior permission. Red Hat makes no representations about the
suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
without express or implied warranty.
.
RED HAT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL RED HAT
BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
File: xsettings-kde.c
Copyright: © 2001 Red Hat, Inc.
© 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Mandriva
License:
Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
documentation, and that the name of Red Hat not be used in advertising or
publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
written prior permission. Red Hat makes no representations about the
suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
without express or implied warranty.
.
RED HAT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL RED HAT
BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
Files: debian/*
Copyright: © 2009, Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
License: GPL
The Debian packaging is (C) 2009, Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org> and
is licensed under the GPL, see `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
--- xsettings-kde.copyright.orig 2009-03-07 17:23:40.000000000 +0900
+++ xsettings-kde.copyright 2009-03-07 17:29:56.000000000 +0900
@@ -16,8 +16,65 @@
License:
You are free to distribute this software under the terms of the GNU General
- Public License Version 2. The full text of this license can be found in the
- file /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2
+ Public License Version 2 or any later version. The full text of this license
+ can be found in the file /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2
+
+
+The files xsettings-common.c, xsettings-common.h, xsettings-manager.c and
+xsettings-manager.h have the following license:
+
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2001 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
+ * documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
+ * the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
+ * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
+ * documentation, and that the name of Red Hat not be used in advertising or
+ * publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
+ * written prior permission. Red Hat makes no representations about the
+ * suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
+ * without express or implied warranty.
+ *
+ * RED HAT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL RED HAT
+ * BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+ * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+ * OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * Author: Owen Taylor, Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+The file xsettings-kde.c is a work of Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@mandriva.com>
+and Owen Taylor, Red Hat, Inc, and is available under the following license:
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2001 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * (c) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Mandriva
+ *
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
+ * documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
+ * the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
+ * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
+ * documentation, and that the name of Red Hat not be used in advertising or
+ * publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
+ * written prior permission. Red Hat makes no representations about the
+ * suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
+ * without express or implied warranty.
+ *
+ * RED HAT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL RED HAT
+ * BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+ * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+ * OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * Authors: Owen Taylor, Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Frederic Crozat, Mandriva
+ *
+ */
+
The Debian packaging is (C) 2009, Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org> and
is licensed under the GPL, see `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
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