Bug#1014511: sysvinit: debian/copyright reports incorrect licenses
Axel Beckert
abe at debian.org
Thu Jul 7 11:40:45 BST 2022
Hi,
binh1.tranhai at toshiba.co.jp wrote:
> Issue 1: The original debian/copyright reports incorrect licenses in
> the most files from debian/ folder as below:
>
> Files: debian/*
> License: GPL-2+
> Copyright: 2015 Adam Conrad <adconrad at debian.org>
> 2018 Dmitry Bogatov <KAction at gnu.org>
> ...
> 2012-2013 Steve Langasek <vorlon at debian.org>
>
> Because "License: GPL-2.0+" is existed in files from debian/po/ folder,
> and I didn't found any license in the most files from debian/
> folder.
debian/copyright _IS_ the canonical place for copyright statements
about debian/*
> The correct licenses information should be:
>
> Files: debian/po/*
> License: GPL-2+
> Copyright: ...
So this is wrong and MUST NOT be changed as it would mean we would
LOOSE the copyright statements for the remaining files in debian/*.
Regards, Axel
--
,''`. | Axel Beckert <abe at debian.org>, https://people.debian.org/~abe/
: :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin
`. `' | 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5
`- | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 833 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/debian-init-diversity/attachments/20220707/0665cd5e/attachment.sig>
More information about the Debian-init-diversity
mailing list