On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 20:21:32 -0500 Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> wrote:
> retitle 777583 incorrect debian/copyright for smartmontools violates
Debian policy
> severity 777583 serious
> thanks
>
> Giuseppe Iuculano <iucul...@debian.org> writes:
>
> > The README file says:
> >
> > == COPYING ==
> > Copyright (C) 2002-9 Bruce Allen
> > <smartmontools-supp...@lists.sourceforge.net>
> > Copyright (C) 2004-14 Christian Franke
> > <smartmontools-supp...@lists.sourceforge.net>
> >
> > 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, or (at your option) any
> > later version.
>
> And in contrast, debian/copyright has this:
>
> > License:
> >
> > You are free to distribute this software under the terms of the
GNU General
> > Public License Version 2. The full text of this license can be
found in the
> > file /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2
>
> Section 12.5 of Debian policy states:
>
> Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its
> copyright information and distribution license in the file
> /usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright.
>
> Now, compare the README to debian/copyright. Does that look like a
> "verbatim copy" to you? If so, perhaps you should look up
"verbatim" in
> a dictionary, e.g. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verbatim>
There seems to be no problem:
# apt-get source smartmontools
# diff smartmontools-6.3+svn4002/COPYING
/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2
outputs no difference. The upstream copyright and the full license
referenced are **exactly the same**. Verbatim. Word for word.
--
Cameron Norman
