Bug#529729: Missing entries in debian/copyright.
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usertags 529729 one-copyright-review
thanks
Dear Taylor,
In the hope of speeding up and strenghtening the processing of the NEW queue I
had a look at your package. The rationale is explained in the proposal in the
following wiki page:
http://wiki.debian.org/CopyrightReview
I noted that the Bison exception was missing from the license of
src/libcue/cue_parser.c, and that some programs with similar licences as
src/libcue/cue_parser.c and config/ltmain.sh were not mentionned.
There are other files in the sources with a license that is not listed in
debian/copyright (Makefile.in, configure, src/libcue/Makefile.in and
aclocal.m4), but not mentionning them is usually accepted (actually, it is the
same for config/ltmain.sh, config/ylwrap, config/config.guess,
config/config.sub, config/depcomp and config/missing). It is up to you to add
them is you wish.
Here is a patch that addes the Bison exception and the missing files for the
licenses already listed, plus does a few minor changes. Feel free to add it and
reupload to NEW, it will not change your rank in the queue.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 9b92573..28dccc7 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Copyright:
Copyright © 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, Svend Sorensen
Copyright © 2009, Jochen Keil
-File: config/ltmain.sh
-License: GPL-2
+File: config/ltmain.sh, config/ylwrap, config/config.guess, config/config.sub, config/depcomp, config/missing
+License: GPL-2+ with Autoconf exception
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
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ License: GPL-2
configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
-File: src/libcue/cue_parser.c
-License: GPL-2
+File: src/libcue/cue_parser.c, src/libcue/cue_parser.h
+License: GPL-2+ with Bison exception
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, or (at your option)
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ License: GPL-2
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ As a special exception, you may create a larger work that contains
+ part or all of the Bison parser skeleton and distribute that work
+ under terms of your choice, so long as that work isn't itself a
+ parser generator using the skeleton or a modified version thereof
+ as a parser skeleton. Alternatively, if you modify or redistribute
+ the parser skeleton itself, you may (at your option) remove this
+ special exception, which will cause the skeleton and the resulting
+ Bison output files to be licensed under the GNU General Public
+ License without this special exception.
+
File: *
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -64,7 +74,7 @@ File: *
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
-License can be found in the file '/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
+License version 2 can be found in the file '/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
The Debian packaging is © 2009, Taylor LeMasurier-Wren <ripps818@gmail.com> and
is licensed under the GPL Version 3 and later, see `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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