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Package: gnulib
Version: 20130805+stable-1
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
I noted that you state in your ./debian/copyright [1] that ./lib/stdalign.in.h
has a LGPL-2+ license, while as I can read in the header of that file [2] it has
been licensed as GPL-3+.
Probably there are other wrong licenses in the copyright file, so I suggest a
complete
recheck of that file.
[1] http://sources.debian.net/src/gnulib/20130805%2Bstable-1/debian/copyright
[2] http://sources.debian.net/src/gnulib/20130805%2Bstable-1/lib/stdalign.in.h
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
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APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.11-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gnulib depends on:
ii autoconf 2.69-2
ii automake 1:1.14-3
ii autopoint 0.18.3.1-2
ii bison 2:3.0.2.dfsg-1
ii build-essential 11.6
ii gettext 0.18.3.1-2
ii gperf 3.0.4-1
ii libtool 2.4.2-1.3
ii m4 1.4.17-1
ii texinfo 5.2.0.dfsg.1-2
gnulib recommends no packages.
Versions of packages gnulib suggests:
pn clisp <none>
ii perl 5.18.1-4
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Hi,
> I noted that you state in your ./debian/copyright [1] that ./lib/stdalign.in.h
> has a LGPL-2+ license, while as I can read in the header of that file [2] it
> has
> been licensed as GPL-3+.
It's actually more complicated than that.
From https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Copyright.html
: 2.8 Copyright
:
: Most modules are under the GPL. Some, mostly modules which can
: reasonably be used in libraries, are under LGPL. The source files
: always say "GPL", but the real license specification is in the
: module description file. If the module description file says "GPL",
: it means "GPLv3+" (GPLv3 or newer, at the licensee's choice); if it
: says "LGPL", it means "LGPLv3+" (LGPLv3 or newer, at the licensee's
: choice).
lib/stdalign.in.h is referenced in modules/stdalign
which contains:
License:
LGPLv2+
So debian/copyright is correct.
My clscan script in debian/clscan/ in the source package
attempts to handle this correctly (with manual review)
Closing bug.
cheers,
Ian.
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