Hi! Here is a warning that I am having on one package that I am using lintian:
W: libdownload1: copyright-refers-to-versionless-license-file usr/share/common-licenses/GPL N: N: The copyright file refers to the versionless symlink in N: /usr/share/common-licenses for the full text of the GPL, LGPL, or GFDL N: license, but the package does not appear to allow distribution under N: later versions of the license. This symlink will change with each N: release of a new version of the license and may therefore point to a N: different version than the package is released under. debian/copyright N: should instead refers to the specific version of the license that the N: package references. N: N: For example, if the package says something like "you can redistribute it N: and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as N: published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991," N: the debian/copyright file should refer to N: /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2, not /GPL. N: N: Severity: normal, Certainty: possible The copyright part is: ====== The Debian packaging is (c) 2009, William Pitcock <[email protected]> and is licensed under the GPL, see `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'. ====== So if there is a "licensed under the GLP", without any versions, it should consider that it's valid to use /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, right? Thank you! Best regards, Nelson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
