Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: nvidia-settings (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1429974
Title:
Outdated/wrong copyright/license data
Status in nvidia-settings package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
The nvidia-settings package has a significant problem with the copyright
file. It is either significantly out of date or plain wrong, neglecting a
variety of files that have different licenses from the main binary. This is
most significant in the portion of the package that provides libXNVCtrl, which
is licensed under the Expat license (and therefore compatible with LGPL
projects). The current license data implies that it is GPL-only, which would
present a problem for LGPL projects. For reference, the upstream Debian
package has this covered:
http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/n/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings_340.46-2_copyright
Ideally the libXNVCtrl library would be split into a separate package
(like it is on Debian), but at the very least the copyright/license
data should be corrected.
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