Dear Sirs: Time has passed. I upgraded my box to Gutsy and the GPLv3 is at the /usr/share/common-licenses directory. Now I will release the first stable version of ChironFS. In the previous releases I just packaged it in binary form for the .deb format. But now I am packaging it in source form following the guidelines I found at:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/index.en.html#contents http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-dreq.en.html I installed a debian-40r3 in a kvm machine. Now I am customizing the copyright file at the $PACKAGEDIR/debian/ directory. As dh_make generates this file refering to the GPL-2 I have changed it to refer to the GPL-3 and then I took a look at the /usr/share/common-licenses directory and found no GPL-3 document. I found a GPL and a GPL-2 documents, but the GPL and GPL-2 documents are exactly equal as checked with diff. So, where's the GPL-3 document? It will be there only if I install a debian package whose license is GPL-3? I installed only a basic system without any graphic environment. Thank you Best Regards 2007/9/10, Luis Furquim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi > > Ok. When I upgrade to Gutsy the problem will be solved. But as this will > happen > in october, I will probably release new versions before it since I an in a > release > candidate stage and I have one more bug to fix. So, until there, I will > remove the > text refering to the common license directory from the copyright and let > lintian > throw that error. > > Thank you for your attention > > Best Regards > > Luis Otavio Furquim > > 2007/9/10, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 08:12:19PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > "Luis Furquim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > The problem is that my package is GPLv3 licensed and lintian threw the > > > > error message > copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-gpl and > > > > in my Ubuntu Feisty Fawn box I found no GPLv3 license in the common > > > > license directory. So if I refer to that directory, I will change my > > > > package license to GPLv2. In the other hand, if I do not refer to this > > > > directory, lintian tells me that my DEB package is not ok with the > > > > debian policies. > > > > > > lintian is primarily a Debian package checker, and the current Debian > > > base-files includes the GPLv3. I expect that Ubuntu will follow. The > > > correct long-term solution for your package is to refer to the copy of > the > > > GPLv3 in common-licenses. > > > > Indeed. Ubuntu 7.10 (in development) includes the GPLv3 in > > common-licenses. For 7.04 packages it is probably more correct and > > helpful to your users, not to mention legal, to simply ignore the > > lintian warning and copy the GPLv3 into your copyright file. > > > > (It's OK to ignore lintian warnings provided you understand why!) > > > > -- > > Colin Watson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > Luis Otávio de Colla Furquim > Don't feed the tribbles > http://www.furquim.org/chironfs > -- Luis Otavio de Colla Furquim Não alimente os pingos Don't feed the tribbles http://www.furquim.org/chironfs/
