Re: Applying the terms of GPL to your program

On Sat Apr 05 10:00, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: On 08/04/04 21:21 +0100, Matthew Johnson said ... On Sat Apr 05 00:06, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: So if I am packaging a piece of software for Debian and the software is licensed under the GPL, is the above valid (and more

Re: Applying the terms of GPL to your program

On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 10:40:07 +0100 Matthew Johnson wrote: On Sat Apr 05 10:00, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: [...] Yes, including /usr/share/common-licenses in the 'license blurb' text itself is valid? This is what I meant. As long as the text in debian/rules unambiguously declares the

Applying the terms of GPL to your program

Hi debian-legal, I need a minor clarification. While applying the terms of the GPL (say, GPLv2) the license text says: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public, the best way to achieve

Re: Applying the terms of GPL to your program

On 08/04/04 18:47 +0530, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag said ... Is it necessary that one only adds the path to the license text _after_ the above, like dh-make templates [1] do (however, if there is a requirement to quote it verbatim, dh-make templates themselves seem to call the 'program' or the

Re: Applying the terms of GPL to your program

On Fri Apr 04 18:47, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with the Debian GNU/Linux distribution in the file /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth

Re: Applying the terms of GPL to your program

On 08/04/04 19:04 +0100, Matthew Johnson said ... On Fri Apr 04 18:47, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with the Debian GNU/Linux distribution in the file /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL; if not, write to the Free Software

Re: Applying the terms of GPL to your program

On Sat Apr 05 00:06, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: I should've been a bit more explicit. So if I am packaging a piece of software for Debian and the software is licensed under the GPL, is the above valid (and more importantly, is it enough) for debian/copyright? Or is wording like the

Re: Applying the terms of GPL to your program

On 08/04/04 21:21 +0100, Matthew Johnson said ... On Sat Apr 05 00:06, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: So if I am packaging a piece of software for Debian and the software is licensed under the GPL, is the above valid (and more importantly, is it enough) for debian/copyright? Or is