On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 09:06:22AM +0100, Rogier Wolff wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 07:19:57PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > Package: mtr-tiny
> > Version: 0.67-1
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > The copyright file of this package seems to use the *license*, instead
> > of the copyright holder in the style of "Copyright (C) 2005 by Justin
> > Pryzby".
> 
> Where did you find this "suspicious wording"? I just spent 5 minutes
> looking at all the sources, but nowhere do I see the "bad" wording. 

It's in the Debian packaging, not the upstream source.

> Note that the COPYING file is /THE/ GPL, and is binary identical to 
> most other copies floating around on the net. 
> 

I'll fix this in the next upload so it reads:

Copyright:

    mtr  --  a network diagnostic tool
    Copyright (C) 1997,1998  Matt Kimball
    Copyright (C) 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

The GPL is located at /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL on your Debian system.

-- 
Robert Woodcock - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Recommending that children [...] not [...] use them as a weapon to hit
another person, could eliminate more than 40 per cent of backpack injuries"
        -- A Michigan hospital research team


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