Hi all texinfo gurus! Maybe this email got lost somewhere, so ....
On Fre, 28 Jul 2006, preining wrote: > Hi Karl! > > We got notified that info and its man page refer to GPL without v2, > while the COPYING file refers to GPLv2. > > On Don, 27 Jul 2006, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > The file /usr/share/doc/info/copyright contains: > > 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. > > > > ... > > > > On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General > > Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL' file. > > > > > > However, both the man page for info as well as info clearly state: > > > > Copyright C 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. There is NO > > warranty. > > You may redistribute this software under the terms of the GNU > > General > > Public License. For more information about these matters, see > > the > > files named COPYING. > > > > and > > > > There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software > > under the terms of the GNU General Public License. > > For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING. > > > > > > Since the file COPYING is not shipped by Debian, I could not check there. > > [...] > > > Given the authorship, I assume this is an (consistent) oversight in the > > source for both the man page and the programm itself. For clarity, > > COPYING should be checked. > > > > I suggest the following: > > *Contact upstream and ask to clarify > > *Patch both the man page and the programm to refer to > > /usr/share/doc/info/copyright > > instead of the file "COPYING" so that the reader is drawn to a file > > actually shipped in the package (or, alternativly, ship COPYING as > > well). > > I assume that info is also GPLv2 as I stated in the copyright file, and > as specified in the COPYING file. > > So is it ok that I patch the info man page and program to give this more > specific version GPLv2? > > Thanks a lot and all the best! > > Norbert Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at> Università di Siena gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOYNE (vb.) To beat an expert at a game of skill by playing so appallingly that none of his clever tactics or strategies are of any use to him. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]