On 2016-11-23 12:17 -0800, tony mancill wrote: > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 07:47:51PM +0000, Wookey wrote: > > On 2016-11-23 11:06 -0800, tony mancill wrote: > > > Package: wnpp > > > Severity: wishlist > > > Owner: tony mancill <tmanc...@debian.org> > > > > > > * Package name : java-diff-utils > > > > OK. So my copyright file contains this: > > > > Upstream-contact: Dmitry Naumenko <dm.naume...@gmail.com> > > Source: http://code.google.com/p/java-diff-utils/ > > Comment: Much of this code was derived from JRCS, written by Juancarlo Añez > > <juancarlo.a...@gmail.com>, which was originally Apache-1.1 and later > > relicenced to LGPL-2.1. This version was derived from the 2003.06 LGPL > > vintage of JRCS at http://code.google.com/p/jrcs. Clarified in emails > > from Juancarlo Añez and Dmitry Naumenko. This is inconsistent with > > the headers provided by upstream at > > http://code.google.com/p/java-diff-utils/ > > > > Files: * > > Copyright: Copyright 2010 Dmitry Naumenko <dm.naume...@gmail.com> > > License: Apache-2.0 > > > > Files: test/* > > Copyright: Copyright 2010 Dmitry Naumenko <dm.naume...@gmail.com> > > License: GPL-v3+ > > > > Files: diffutils/myers/* > > Copyright: Copyright 1999-2003 The Apache Software Foundation > > License: LGPL-2.1 > > > > This tooks me weeks to sort out IIRC, so that should be helpful. I did this > > in 2013 for v1.2.1 so you will need to update for 2.1.1 > > > You bring up a good point regarding the license. I am adding Oliver > Kopp to the cc: so he is aware of potential license implications for > JabRef.
From memory and looking at the file here, I think the issue is that Dmitry claimed java-diff-utils is all apache2, but it was forked after Juancarlo had changed the license from apache 1.1 to lgpl2.1. Dmitry can't just change this unilaterally (from either apache or from lgpl2.1). So for the code that is defo as-is (the myers stuff) that's still LGPL2.1. I found the original mail thread and will forward it in a mo. Juancarlos suggested that I just use his (jrcs) version because the licencing on that was clear, but that didn't suit upstream. Dmitry only replied once to say that he'd derived from the LGPL version in 2010, but if that's true then the headers on his release are all wrong. I don't know if he's fixed that since 2013. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Debian, Wookware, ARM http://wookware.org/
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