Hi all,
I'm packaging a new version of fakeroot-ng, and I get the following
warning from Lintian -iI:
W: fakeroot-ng: copyright-without-copyright-notice
N:
N: The copyright file for this package does not appear to contain a
N: copyright notice. You should copy the copyright notice from the
N: upstream source (or add one of your own for a native package). A
N: copyright notice must consist of Copyright, Copr., or the Unicode
N: symbol of C in a circle followed by the years and the copyright
N: holder.
N:
N: If the package is in the public domain rather than copyrighted, be
N: sure to mention "public domain" in the copyright file. Please be
aware
N: that this is very rare and not the same as a DFSG-free license. True
N: public domain software is generally limited to such special cases
as a
N: work product of a United States government agency.
N:
N: Refer to http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html for details.
N:
This is the copyright file:
his package was debianized by Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on
Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:27:55 +0000.
It was downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/fakerootng
Fakeroot-ng is copyrighted (C) 2007-2008 by Shachar Shemesh
Further copyright and credits can be found at
/usr/share/doc/fakeroot-ng/AUTHORS
License:
This package 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 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This package 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 General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
02110-1301 USA
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
The Debian packaging is (C) 2008, Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and
is licensed under the GPL, see above.
At least superficially, the copyright file lives up to all of the
requirements that lintian asks for.
Lintian version 1.23.45
Changing the line to read:
Copyright (C) 2007-2008 by Shachar Shemesh
pacifies lintian, but I still think this is over sensitivity on its behalf.
Shachar
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