Package: base-files Version: 3.1.14 Severity: normal The "Updated" GPL-2 text introduced in base-files 3.1.14 and still present base-files 3.1.15 doesn't just update the FSF postal address. It also contains 2 unrelated changes to the license which have not been approved by every copyright holder of GPL-2 licensed software in Debian. I strongly suggest that the change is undone. It is better to include a historic FSF postal address, than to include the wrong text in the rest of the license.
The two changes are: 1. The 1991 recomendation to use the Library GPL (LGPL-2 and later) has been changed to refer to the Lesser GPL (LGPL-2.1 and later). This is a major semantic change, even if it is only a recommendation. 2. The text has been reformatted, removing all form-feeds and changing some spaces, this is less important but still not ok for a legal document. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /basnxt/bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17jbj3.4-16 Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages base-files depends on: ii base-passwd 3.5.11 Debian base system master password ii mawk [awk] 1.3.3-11 a pattern scanning and text proces base-files recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
