Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-24 Thread Matěj Cepl
On 2014-12-23, 21:06 GMT, Gerald B. Cox wrote: Upstream had a few files that had the old address. I've noticed the GPLv3 doesn't have an address in it's notice. Is it sufficient to instruct upstream to just remove the address for GPLv2. Not that they're going to move again, but seems to

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-24 Thread Gerald B. Cox
On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 2:53 AM, Matěj Cepl mc...@cepl.eu wrote: However, I don't think that the “How to use GNU license for your own software” has any contractual significance whatsoever in using, so I don’t see anything bad in upgrading even the instructions for GPLv2 to the Internet age

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-24 Thread Kevin Kofler
Matěj Cepl wrote: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Foobar. If not, see https://gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt. I just use the standard GPLv3+ template for my new GPLv2+ projects (with only the version changed to 2), including

Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Gerald B. Cox
I'm getting an incorrect FSF address when I'm building a package. I checked here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_Rpmlint_issues#incorrect-fsf-address and built the package with the recommended file. Still get the error. I checked the address with FSF, and what is in the COPYING file

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Alec Leamas
On 2014-12-23 20:28, Gerald B. Cox wrote: I'm getting an incorrect FSF address when I'm building a package. I checked here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_Rpmlint_issues#incorrect-fsf-address and built the package with the recommended file. Still get the error. I checked the address

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Michael Catanzaro
On Tue, 2014-12-23 at 11:28 -0800, Gerald B. Cox wrote: Am I missing something here? What package are you building, and what is the output from rpmlint? That would help. It should point you to a specific file that it has flagged as containing the outdated postal address. (Be aware that this

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Gerald B. Cox
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Alec Leamas leamas.a...@gmail.com wrote: The check is not only applied to COPYING but also to the license text in source files. Have you checked those? Got it. Thanks! -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Gerald B. Cox
Upstream had a few files that had the old address. I've noticed the GPLv3 doesn't have an address in it's notice. Is it sufficient to instruct upstream to just remove the address for GPLv2. Not that they're going to move again, but seems to be alot of work for everybody if the address is

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Alec Leamas
On 23/12/14 21:55, Gerald B. Cox wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Alec Leamas leamas.a...@gmail.com mailto:leamas.a...@gmail.com wrote: The check is not only applied to COPYING but also to the license text in source files. Have you checked those? Got it. Thanks! You're

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Gerald B. Cox
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Alec Leamas leamas.a...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, in many cases I been able to fix these problems by sending patches rather than just complaints upstream. Basically, I think we (i. e. Fedora) are the which are concerned about this, and in that situation we are the