Bug#504411: Review of the copyright file of latexdiff_0.5-1.dsc.
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usertags 504411 one-copyright-review
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Dear David and Gregor,
In the hope of speeding up and strenghtening the processing of NEW 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 have noticed that latexview contains files that are derived from CPAN's
Algorithm::Diff module, and that are not mentionned in your copyright file
together with their copyright holder. The files are latexdiff-fast and
latexdiff-so. I am not sure if it would be a reason for rejecting your package
from the Debian archive, however, here is a copy of the copyright notice they
contain. If you upload a corrected version of latexdiff, it will affect the
rank of your package in the NEW queue.
# The following BEGIN block contains a verbatim copy of
# Ned Konz' Algorithm::Diff package version 1.15 except
# that subroutine _longestCommonSubsequence has been replace by
# a routine which internally uses the UNIX diff command for
# the differencing rather than the Perl routines if the
# length of the sequences exceeds some threshold.
# Also, all POD documentation has been stripped out.
#
# (the distribution on which this modification is based is available
# from http://search.cpan.org/~nedkonz/Algorithm-Diff-1.15
# the most recent version can be found via http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Algorithm::Diff )
# Please note that the LICENCSE for Algorithm::Diff :
# "Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Ned Konz. All rights reserved.
# This program is free software;
# you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms
# as Perl itself."
# The fast-differencing version of latexdiff is provided as a convenience
# for latex users under Unix-like systems which have a 'diff' command.
# If you believe
# the inlining of Algorithm::Diff violates its license please contact
# me and I will modify the latexdiff distribution accordingly.
# Frederik Tilmann (tilmann@esc.cam.ac.uk)
# Jonathan Paisley is acknowledged for the idea of using the system diff
# command to achieve shorter running times
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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