Francesco Poli invernom...@paranoici.org writes:
I am not aware of any update on the matter: I suppose the determination
of the effective licenses of binary packages is still something to be
done manually.
I hope this answers Ole's question, although maybe in a disappointing
way...
I am not
On 14/11/14 19:19, Ole Streicher wrote:
Francesco Poli invernom...@paranoici.org writes:
I am not aware of any update on the matter: I suppose the determination
of the effective licenses of binary packages is still something to be
done manually.
I hope this answers Ole's question, although
Ole Streicher oleb...@debian.org writes:
I am not sure if this is legally so simple: As far as I understand
licensing, it is the way to allow others to use the product (sorry for
unprofessional wording here; I am not at all a specialist in that).
Good enough; I'd just replace the term “use”
Hi,
I asked this question already some months ago in debian-mentors, but
didn't get an answer:
How is the license of a binary Debian package determined?
The file debian/copyright only contains the license of the sources;
however the binary license may differ -- f.e. when a BSD source is
linked
How is the license of a binary Debian package determined?
The file debian/copyright only contains the license of the sources;
however the binary license may differ -- f.e. when a BSD source is
linked to a GPL library. Also there is usually more than one license
used in the sources.
I'd say
Ole Streicher oleb...@debian.org writes:
How is the license of a binary Debian package determined?
The file debian/copyright only contains the license of the sources;
Not true. The ‘debian/copyright’ file is installed by each binary
package ‘foopackage’ as the
however the binary license may differ -- f.e. when a BSD source is
linked to a GPL library. Also there is usually more than one license
used in the sources.
Right, so the source package should have a ‘debian/copyright’ which
specifies copyright information for all binary packages generated
?
Not that I know of, unfortunately. Hopefully someone else will have an idea.
[...]
I am not aware of any requirement (in the current Debian Policy) to
document the effective license for binary packages.
The debian/copyright file is intended for clearly documenting the
licensing status
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:43:10 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote:
[...]
The debian/copyright file is intended for clearly documenting the
licensing status of source packages, not the effective licenses of
binary packages built from them.
[...]
Mmmmh, I wrote this too fast, on the basis of what was
Le Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 05:35:00PM +0100, Ole Streicher a écrit :
I asked this question already some months ago in debian-mentors, but
didn't get an answer:
How is the license of a binary Debian package determined?
The file debian/copyright only contains the license of the sources;
Hi,
Le 13/11/2014 16:37, Ben Finney a écrit :
The file debian/copyright only contains the license of the sources;
Not true.
That’s a strong affirmation. Policy 4.5 may deserve some clarification,
but I wouldn’t be so affirmative (or negative).
David Prévot taf...@debian.org writes:
Le 13/11/2014 16:37, Ben Finney a écrit :
The ‘debian/copyright’ file is installed by each binary package
‘foopackage’ as the ‘/usr/share/doc/foopackage/copyright’ file, and
constitutes the copyright information for that binary package.
That’s an
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