Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> writes: > If it were me, I would give the benefit of the doubt to the upstream > author of missfits, and trust him that if he added a GPLv3+ header, it > is because he modified the files, as he says in the README.
When I adopted the first package from this author (sextractor), I asked him per E-mail about this subdirectory -- more since a newer version of the library in question (wcslib) is already in Debian, and I wanted to avoid using a convienience copy. He convinced me then that his version is slightly changed and therefore not just linkable with the original. I didn't ask for his other packages (missfits, scamp, swarp, psfex; some of them are already in Debian, others are now in NEW), but since they all follow the same structure, I am quite sure that his arguments are valid there as well. > In that case, the license to be indicated in debian/copyright should > be GPLv3+. I re-uploaded the package with a (hopefully) clarifying comment in debian/copyright; let's see how he decides now. Best regards Ole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87h9quebju....@debian.org
