Package: ffmpeg Version: 0.cvs20060823-4 Severity: normal Quoting from the debian/copyright file[1]:
[1] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20060823-4/ffmpeg.copyright | Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard et al. | | This library 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 2.1 of | the License, or (at your option) any later version. Stop right here! There is *no* version 2.1 of the GNU *General Public License*. There's no later version either (well, not yet...). Maybe upstream meant to release under the GNU *Lesser* General Public License (which indeed has a version numbered 2.1), since the permission notice says "library", as suggested by the FSF for the LGPL, rather than "program", as suggested by the FSF for the GPL... | | This library 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 | Lesser General Public License for more details. This second paragraph goes on talking about a "library" and mentions the GNU *Lesser* General Public License, instead on the GNU *General Public License*... | | 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 St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA This third paragraph, instead, mentions the GNU *General Public License* again and talks about a "program". | | On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public | License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL' Here the debian/copyright refers to the GNU *General Public License*. Now I'm puzzled: which license is this package distributed under? The GNU *GPL* or the GNU *LGPL*? And which version(s) of the license? So, to sum up, the permission notice, as quoted in the debian/copyright file, is inconsistent and should be clarified with upstream (assuming that it is a true verbatim quotation of the permission notice originally placed by upstream). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
