Bug#979833: libtiff4: Document that Debian build is GPL due to dependency on libjbig0 (?)

2023-10-22 Thread Bastian Germann
We do not need to add additional disclaimers or notes. However, there might be problematic packages in Debian: If a reverse dependency has a GPL-2+-incompatible license it is affected by libtiff linking with libjbig. In case there is such a package, please list it here.

Bug#979833: libtiff4: Document that Debian build is GPL due to dependency on libjbig0 (?)

2021-01-11 Thread Daniel Schepler
Package: libtiff5 Version: 4.2.0-1 Severity: wishlist I'm wondering whether it would make sense to document in /usr/share/doc/libtiff5/copyright that even though the tiff source package in general is under a BSD/MIT style license, the Debian build is necessarily GPL due to linking against the GPL