On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:09:29PM +0300, Pavel 'Blaze' Vinogradov wrote: > Package: gentoo > Version: 0.11.55-1.1 > Tags: patch > Severity: minor > > Accorting to > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00023.html > debian/copyright file must conform to: > > - Its not enough to have the following two-liner: > | On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License > | can be found in the `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL' file. > > There are license headers, like the one used for GPL in the example below, > you > should use those.
Actually, the original author of the software never included those license headers. I actually pasted his exact sentences from the README, which has this: LICENSING This software is Copyright (c) 1998-2002 by Emil Brink. You are free to distribute this software under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2. You should have received a copy of this license together with the software (in a file called COPYING). If not, and you have web access, check <http://www.gnu.org/>. It is important to realize that this software comes without ANY form of warranty. So, the copyright file is correct, even if the upstream author's style may not be. > - Ideally you include a license statement for your Debian packaging > also. I went with the implicit option - using the same licence as the software that is being patched (packaged). Can I close the bug? -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]