Shawn Walker wrote: > Amanda Waite wrote: >> A number of packages have a copyright file that basically says that >> this software is licensed under the GPL or LGPL and that you should >> have got a copy of the license text "with the program" >> >> To me this isn't the license and in such cases we should also include >> the license text in the copyright file (or at least include gpl.txt >> in the package). That's my view but I can see it may be a bone of >> contention. >> >> What's the consensus on this? Is the following text enough or do we >> need to add the license text? > > You should likely have two files; a copyright file that contains a > short notice for your program and possibly a summary of licenses that > apply; and then a license file for each license which applies to the > software in question.
Sorry, I meant packages currently in SFW or being integrated into SFW and the copyright file I'm referring to is the copyright file that's part of the package (say usr/src/pkgdefs/SUNWseru/copyright). It came up because of John Sonnenschein's request for a review of GNU coreutils 7.4, which has the situation I describe, i.e.: it has the information that it's licensed under GPL but it does not have the license text. To me it should include the license text. Thanks Amanda > > Cheers,
