These do not appear to be contradictory. At a glance, you can distribute the file as a whole under the GPLv3+. The other licenses are compatible.
The Apache license might create an issue... Any other licenses present? As for copyright statements, each one is relevant, each individual copyright holder retains their rights. Regards, Daniel J. Hakimi B.S. Philosophy, RPI 2012 B.S. Computer Science, RPI 2012 J.D. Cardozo Law 2015 On Wed, Jun 3, 2026, 07:32 Marc Haber <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > aclocal.m4 is obviously built by autotools by concatting segments that > might have contradicting licenses. For example, the aclocal.m4 of the > aide package has AT LEAST the following copyright statements in > different points of the SAME file: > > ----- > # Copyright (C) 1996-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation > # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, > # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. > > # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without > # even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A > # PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > ----- > # Copyright (c) 2008 Steven G. Johnson <[email protected]> > # Copyright (c) 2011 Daniel Richard G. <[email protected]> > # Copyright (c) 2019 Marc Stevens <[email protected]> > # > # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it > # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the > # Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your > # option) any later version. > # > # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but > # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU > General > # Public License for more details. > ----- > dnl Copyright © 2004 Scott James Remnant <[email protected]>. > dnl Copyright © 2012-2015 Dan Nicholson <[email protected]> > dnl > dnl This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > dnl it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > dnl the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or > dnl (at your option) any later version. > dnl > dnl This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but > dnl WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU > dnl General Public License for more details. > ----- > > What is the way to write this in debian/copyright? > > Greetings > Marc > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header > Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 > Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421 > >
