Andrew Suffield writes: > Package: cpp > Severity: serious > > The manpages fsf-funding(7), gpl(7), and gfdl(7) are included in the > cpp package. These are clearly non-free (non-modifiable).
this doesn't make sense. you are not allowed to change a copyright, even for software distributed in main. AFAIK the distribution of license texts is allowed in main, even if the license itself is non-free. I'd like a confirmation from debian-legal, as I don't see something about this in "2.1, Package copyright and sections". > [Plus they aren't mentioned in the copyright file, which claims the > package is GPLed] how should a copyright of a license text included in the debian/copyright file? > They should almost certainly be removed entirely, why? > and #181495 should instead be fixed by eliminating the references > from the cpp manpage (possibly inserting references to > /usr/share/common-licenses). doesn't help, as the GFDL isn't in common-licenses. Matthias