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Package: git-core
Version: 1:1.5.4.3-1
Severity: serious
The file /usr/share/doc/git-core/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
states:
# Copyright (c) 2007 Andy Parkins
However:
* It does not state what license it is under
* This copyright owner is not listed in
/usr/share/doc/git-core/copyright
Perhaps a note to Andy Parkins could clear this up?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (99, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages git-core depends on:
ii cpio 2.9-9 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii libc6 2.7-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.17.1-1 Multi-protocol file transfer libra
ii libdigest-sha1-perl 2.11-2 NIST SHA-1 message digest algorith
ii liberror-perl 0.17-1 Perl module for error/exception ha
ii libexpat1 1.95.8-4 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii perl-modules 5.8.8-12 Core Perl modules
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-8 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages git-core recommends:
ii curl 7.17.1-1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or
ii less 416-2 Pager program similar to more
ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:4.7p1-2 secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh
ii patch 2.5.9-4 Apply a diff file to an original
ii rsync 2.6.9-6 fast remote file copy program (lik
-- no debconf information
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On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 09:47:22AM +0000, Gerrit Pape wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 02:15:27PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> > Package: git-core
> > Version: 1:1.5.4.3-1
> > Severity: serious
> >
> > The file /usr/share/doc/git-core/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
> > states:
> >
> > # Copyright (c) 2007 Andy Parkins
> >
> > However:
> >
> > * It does not state what license it is under
> >
> > * This copyright owner is not listed in
> > /usr/share/doc/git-core/copyright
>
> Hi, I'm afraid you'll find such all over the place in git, and in the
> linux kernel too AFAICS, try 'git grep -i -A10 copyright' in a git repo
> clone.
>
> But I don't think this is a problem, contributions to git need a
> 'Signed-off-by', and the very post-receive-email script came in through
> 4557e0de (git show 4557e0de), which has been signed-off properly.
> Please see Documentation/SubmittingPatches, 'Sign your work'.
>
> So, just as /usr/share/doc/git-core/copyright says, the git releases are
> copyright (c), Linus Torvalds and others, licensed under the GPL2. And
> so is this script in contrib/hooks/.
>
> I'm about to close this bug, thanks, Gerrit.
I second this rationale, hence close the bug.
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