Hi Debian-Legal, I'm currently updating some translations (.po files) for a Debian package, licensed under the LGPL. While doing this, I noticed that some files use the following line in the header as a copyright statement:
"This file is distributed under the same license as the $PACKAGE package."
I'm wondering if this is sufficient. The FSF says on their webpage that you
need to add a copying permission statement (the three paragraphs starting
with "This program is free software; [...]") to each file of the package.
Although I searched the list archives and the FSF's FAQ about the GPL, I
could not find an answer to this question.
Should I change those copyright statements to the recommended wording of the
FSF, or is the single sentence ("... same license as ...") enough?
(Please keep me CC'ed.)
Regards,
Tobias
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