Package: automake1.6 Version: 1.6.3-5 Severity: serious I noticed this from a discussion in #148412 about gimp's licensing)
mizar:[~] head -16 /usr/share/automake-1.6/install-sh #!/bin/sh # # install - install a program, script, or datafile # This comes from X11R5 (mit/util/scripts/install.sh). # # Copyright 1991 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology # # Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its # documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that # the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that # copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting # documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in advertising or # publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, # written prior permission. M.I.T. makes no representations about the # suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" # without express or implied warranty. Not only does automake not reproduce these notices in its documentation, as required, but it also automatically installs a copy of install-sh into automake-using packages when --add-missing is used. The authors of these other software packages are almost certainly not aware of this clause in the install-sh license and how it affects their programs. This problem also applies to automake1.4, and probably all other versions as well. -- - mdz
