From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: "Taylan Ulrich \"Bayırlı/Kammer\"" <taylanbayirli@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add smartmontools.
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 20:56:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wq3key3g.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lhk65m1t.fsf@yeeloong.lan> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Tue, 10 Feb 2015 01:15:58 -0500")
Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:
> taylanbayirli@gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer") writes:
>
>> Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:
>>
>>> Debian claims that the license is gpl2, not gpl2+.
>>>
>>> Please be more careful checking licenses. Debian tends to be very
>>> thorough about this, so a good method is to find the package on Debian,
>>> e.g. <http://packages.debian.org/smartmontools>, select the appropriate
>>> package (preferably the same version or close to it) and then choose the
>>> "Copyright File" link in the right column.
>>
>> OK, thanks for the tip. However, both the README and individual source
>> files use the "or (at your option) any later version" phrasing. I
>> wonder why Debian marked it gpl2?
>
> Indeed, you are right, and Debian is wrong. Nevermind :)
FYI, I reported this problem, which turns out to be a violation of
Debian policy, and the responses have been disappointing.
https://bugs.debian.org/777583
Mark
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-15 1:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-08 20:05 [PATCH] gnu: Add smartmontools Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-02-08 20:09 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-02-09 4:12 ` Mark H Weaver
2015-02-09 8:48 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-02-10 6:15 ` Mark H Weaver
2015-02-10 8:27 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-02-15 1:56 ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
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