On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 02:11:57PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > Thomas Dickey writes: > > > the new cpio version is released under GPL 3, but debian/copyright > > > still says it's under GPL 2. You need to update the file and include > > > the complete GPL 3 text, as long as base-files does not contain it. > > > > actually not: it's only a requirement if the packagers choose (as is > > likely but not certain) to upgrade to the new version. > > Sorry, I do not understand this: Whom do you refer to as "packagers"? > If you mean the upstream authors, they _have_ just switched to GPL 3; > if you refer to the Debian maintainer, he has to follow that, of course.
no, he does not. He has a valid license for the 2.9 source. No upstream change can take that away. (there's nothing new about this situation) > > At that point, > > the packagers would as a matter of course(*) change the documentation > > to reflect the new source. > > Well, that's just what I wanted to say. > > > (*) one would assume, though I've noted incorrect licenses on this > > mailing list in the past which were ignored by the package maintainer. > > Which mailing list? bugs.debian.org -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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