Bug#348494: gnome2-user-guide: [NONFREE-DOC:GFDL] Licenced under the GFDL (debian/copyright claims GPL???)

2006-05-27 Thread Mohammed Adnène Trojette
tag 348494 patch
thanks dude

On Tue, Jan 17, 2006, Paul Wise wrote:
 The current release of the GFDL is non-free, and the content of this
 package is almost entirely licenced under the GFDL (except
 automake/autoconf stuff). I count 5 copies of the GFDL: COPYING,
 COPYING-DOCS and 3 legal.xml files.

Hi,

Here is an extract from http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.8/.

   |Legal Notice
   |  
   |  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
   |  under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version
   |  1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with
   |  no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
   |  You can find a copy of the GFDL at this link or in the file COPYING-DOCS
   |  distributed with this manual.

So I suggest the following corrections in the debian/copyright file,
based on http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.8/:

--- debian/copyright.old2006-05-28 07:30:06.0 +0200
+++ debian/copyright2006-05-28 07:36:39.0 +0200
@@ -1,15 +1,67 @@
 This package was debianized by Christian Marillat [EMAIL PROTECTED] on
 Fri,  4 May 2001 14:56:35 +0200.

-It was downloaded from:
+It was downloaded from:
+ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.8/2.8.1/sources/

 Upstream Authors: Dan Mueth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+  Chris Lyttle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems
  Laszlo Kovacs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Alexander Kirillov [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+  Alexander Kirillov [EMAIL PROTECTED]

-Copyright:

-© 1999 by Red Hat Software and David A. Wheeler

-This software is licenced under the GPL2.
-See /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full text.
+Copyright © 1999 Red Hat Software, David A. Wheeler
+Copyright © 2004 Sun Microsystems
+Copyright © 2003 Sun Microsystems
+
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version
+1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with
+no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
+You can find a copy of the GFDL in the file COPYING-DOCS distributed
+with this manual.
+
+This manual is part of a collection of GNOME manuals distributed under
+the GFDL. If you want to distribute this manual separately from the
+collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the license to the manual,
+as described in section 6 of the license.
+
+Many of the names used by companies to distinguish their products and
+services are claimed as trademarks. Where those names appear in any
+GNOME documentation, and the members of the GNOME Documentation Project
+are made aware of those trademarks, then the names are in capital
+letters or initial capital letters.
+
+DOCUMENT AND MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE DOCUMENT ARE PROVIDED UNDER
+THE TERMS OF THE GNU FREE DOCUMENTATION LICENSE WITH THE FURTHER
+UNDERSTANDING THAT:
+
+   1.
+
+ DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN AS IS BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY
+ OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
+ LIMITATION, WARRANTIES THAT THE DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION OF
+ THE DOCUMENT IS FREE OF DEFECTS MERCHANTABLE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR
+ PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY,
+ ACCURACY, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION OF
+ THE DOCUMENT IS WITH YOU. SHOULD ANY DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION
+ PROVE DEFECTIVE IN ANY RESPECT, YOU (NOT THE INITIAL WRITER, AUTHOR
+ OR ANY CONTRIBUTOR) ASSUME THE COST OF ANY NECESSARY SERVICING,
+ REPAIR OR CORRECTION. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN
+ ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS LICENSE. NO USE OF ANY DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED
+ VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT IS AUTHORIZED HEREUNDER EXCEPT UNDER THIS
+ DISCLAIMER; AND 2.
+
+   UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN
+TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL THE AUTHOR,
+INITIAL WRITER, ANY CONTRIBUTOR, OR ANY DISTRIBUTOR OF THE DOCUMENT
+OR MODIFIED VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT, OR ANY SUPPLIER OF ANY OF SUCH
+PARTIES, BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
+INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT
+LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER
+FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES ARISING
+OUT OF OR RELATING TO USE OF THE DOCUMENT AND MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE
+DOCUMENT, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY SHALL HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY
+OF SUCH DAMAGES.

-- 
adn
Mohammed Adnène Trojette
--- debian/copyright.old2006-05-28 07:30:06.0 +0200
+++ debian/copyright2006-05-28 07:42:14.0 +0200
@@ -1,15 +1,67 @@
 This package was debianized by Christian Marillat [EMAIL PROTECTED] on
 Fri,  4 May 2001 14:56:35 +0200.
 
-It was downloaded from: 
+It was downloaded from:

Bug#348494: gnome2-user-guide: [NONFREE-DOC:GFDL] Licenced under the GFDL (debian/copyright claims GPL???)

2006-01-17 Thread Paul Wise
Package: gnome2-user-guide
Version: 2.8.1-2
Severity: serious
Justification: DFSG

The current release of the GFDL is non-free, and the content of this
package is almost entirely licenced under the GFDL (except
automake/autoconf stuff). I count 5 copies of the GFDL: COPYING,
COPYING-DOCS and 3 legal.xml files.

In addition, the debian/copyright file has incorrect copyright notices,
and an incorrect licence notice. The work is GFDL licenced, not GPL
licenced. The copyright owner is Sun Microsystems, Inc. not Red Hat
Software and David A. Wheeler.

I also wonder if the people listed in the changelog have asserted
copyright on any part(s) of the work.

-- 
bye,
pabs

http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise


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