Package: lintian Version: 2.5.4 Severity: normal Dear Lintian maintainers,
I get this messages when checking my packages: E: burp: copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-gpl N: N: The strings "GNU General Public License" or "GPL" appear in the N: copyright file for this package, but the copyright file does not N: reference /usr/share/common-licenses as the location of the GPL on N: Debian systems. N: N: If the package uses some other license that just mentions the GPL and N: that Lintian should detect as an exception, please file a Lintian bug. N: If the copyright file must mention the GPL for reasons other than N: stating the license of the package, please add a Lintian override. N: N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 12.5 (Copyright information) for N: details. N: N: Severity: important, Certainty: possible N: N: Check: copyright-file, Type: binary BUT its not GPL License but a AGPLv3 License . So the messages is incorrect, can you please correct tis isue. I will add a copy of my copyright file: Format: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5 Upstream-Name: burp Source: http://burp.grke.net/ Upstream Author(s): Copyright: License: AGPLv3 For the most part, Burp is licensed under the AGPL version 3. This code is listed under Copyright Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. What follows is the addition(s) to the AGPL version 3 license, that applies to code that is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. Linking: As a special exception to the AGPLv3, the Burp Project gives permission to link the code of its release of Burp with the OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or with modified versions of it that use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute the linked executables. You must obey the GNU Affero General Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL". As a special exception to the AGPLv3, the Burp Project gives permission to link the code of its release of the Burp Windows client with the Microsoft supplied Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) libraries and distribute the linked executables. You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than for the Microsoft VSS code, where you must obey their license terms. The Burp Project gives permission for plugins with AGPLv3 compatible licenses to be loaded and distributed with the Burp executables as long as the combined work is distributed under the terms listed in the Burp LICENSE file. A full list of AGPLv3 compatible licenses can be found at: http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/. If you wish to load or distribute plugins with different licensing terms please contact the Burp Project via http://burp.grke.net/ Files: debian/* Copyright: 2012 Bas van den Dikkenberg <b...@dikkenberg.net> License: GPL-3+ -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing-proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.22-4 ii bzip2 1.0.6-1 ii diffstat 1.55-2 ii file 5.09-2 ii gettext 0.18.1.1-5 ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.25+b1 ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1 ii libclone-perl 0.31-1+b2 ii libdpkg-perl 1.16.1.2 ii libemail-valid-perl 0.185-1 ii libipc-run-perl 0.90-1 ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1 ii libtimedate-perl 1.2000-1 ii liburi-perl 1.59-1 ii locales 2.13-24 ii man-db 2.6.0.2-3 ii patchutils 0.3.2-1.1 ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.14.2-6 ii unzip 6.0-5 lintian recommends no packages. Versions of packages lintian suggests: ii binutils-multiarch <none> ii dpkg-dev 1.16.1.2 ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.69-1+b1 ii libtext-template-perl <none> ii man-db 2.6.0.2-3 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20110809-3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org