Bug#893326: lintian: check that patch licenses are compatible with licenses of files they modify

On Sun, 2018-03-18 at 01:50 +, Chris Lamb wrote: > I am unsure that a debian/ directory plus the upstream source really > creates a derived work. It definitely does when there are patches to the upstream code in debian/, which is the case I'm talking about with this feature request. > A

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Bug#893326: lintian: check that patch licenses are compatible with licenses of files they modify

tags 893326 + moreinfo thanks Hi Paul, > It is often the case that the Debian packager just puts debian/ under > the GNU GPL, which can often be incompatible with code licenses. I am unsure that a debian/ directory plus the upstream source really creates a derived work. (I am ignoring the cases

Bug#893326: lintian: check that patch licenses are compatible with licenses of files they modify

Package: lintian Version: 2.5.79 Severity: wishlist For packages with a machine-readable debian/copyright file and patches, please check that the license for the debian/patches/* files are compatible with the licenses for the files that they are modifying. It is often the case that the Debian

[lintian] branch master updated (7f31cec -> be4e018)

This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. pabs pushed a change to branch master in repository lintian. from 7f31cec Look under all of /usr/share/doc (not just /usr/share/doc/$pkg) when looking for installed examples and update tag description to match.

[lintian] 01/01: spelling: Add several corrections

This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. pabs pushed a commit to branch master in repository lintian. commit be4e01880f90a38eaa57bdaafc70b727f21b364a Author: Paul Wise Date: Sat Mar 17 18:08:19 2018 +0800 spelling: Add several corrections ---