Ian Jackson <[email protected]> writes: > Rahul Mohan G writes ("Debain licensing"): >> Can you please let me know whether this license information is of >> the original package? If so, what could be the license information >> of the debian package? > > This licence information is of the Debian version of the package. The > licence information covers both the licence of the origin package, and > of the Debian modifications (and the Debian packaging additions).
For the binary package, there is however a danger that comes with its (build) dependencies: For example, if you have a package with an executable that is linked to a GPL library, then the resulting program is a dervived work according to the GPL and therefore it must be licensed under GPL as well. Generally, there is no simple way to get the correct license of a binary package. Best regards Ole
