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Package: libunistring5
Version: 1.3-2
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
I noticed that in git commit [1] the copyright file was updated, changing it
from
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index f7ff1645..2c0152eb 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -5,7 +5,1255 @@ Source: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/
Files: *
Copyright: 1995-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-License: LGPL-3+ or GPL-2+
+License: GPL-3+
This seems to be a mistake since most of the files mention the license as
It is dual-licensed under "the GNU LGPLv3+ or the GNU GPLv2+".
It looks like a scanner tool such as scan-copyrights was used to generate the
copyright file, which is unable to properly detect the dual license and only
picks GPL-3.
Please check it, thanks in advance.
[1]
https://git.jff.email/cgit/libunistring.git/commit/debian/copyright?id=b4d8f3b5462619b54517aded6f9c605817c27000
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers oracular-updates
APT policy: (500, 'oracular-updates'), (500, 'oracular-security'), (500,
'oracular'), (100, 'oracular-backports')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.11.0-29-generic (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages libunistring5 depends on:
ii libc6 2.40-1ubuntu3.1
libunistring5 recommends no packages.
libunistring5 suggests no packages.
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Hello,
first many thanks for your bug-report.
Here are my arguments as a non-lawyer:
First, let's look at the general information in COPYING(.*).
There are two files in the root directory:
* COPYING contains only the GNU General Public License Version 3 as
its license.
* COPYING.LIB contains only the GNU Lesser General Public License
Version 3 as its license.
The .LIB extension clearly indicates that libunistring is generally
licensed under GPLv3+ and the lib directory under LGPLv3+.
The .LIB extension clearly shows that libunistring is licensed under
GPLv3+ and the lib directory under LGPLv3+. The global statement "It is
dual-licensed under the GNU LGPLv3+ or the GNU GPLv2+" is incorrect,
because the individual files in their respective sections each have
only one license.
This is correctly reflected in the current debian/copyright file.
[quote]
Files: *
Copyright: 1995-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: GPL-3+
[...]
Files: lib/*
Copyright: 2001-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: LGPL-3+
[/quote]
Likewise, all licenses of the files that do not conform to the above
scheme are correctly entered in debian/copyright.
Therefore, I am closing this bug.
CU
Jörg
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Am Donnerstag, dem 31.07.2025 um 08:41 -0300 schrieb Walter Lozano:
> Package: libunistring5
> Version: 1.3-2
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I noticed that in git commit [1] the copyright file was updated,
> changing it
> from
>
> diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
> index f7ff1645..2c0152eb 100644
> --- a/debian/copyright
> +++ b/debian/copyright
> @@ -5,7 +5,1255 @@ Source: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/
>
> Files: *
> Copyright: 1995-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> -License: LGPL-3+ or GPL-2+
> +License: GPL-3+
>
> This seems to be a mistake since most of the files mention the
> license as
>
> It is dual-licensed under "the GNU LGPLv3+ or the GNU GPLv2+".
>
> It looks like a scanner tool such as scan-copyrights was used to
> generate the
> copyright file, which is unable to properly detect the dual license
> and only
> picks GPL-3.
>
> Please check it, thanks in advance.
>
> [1]
> https://git.jff.email/cgit/libunistring.git/commit/debian/copyright?id=b4d8f3b5462619b54517aded6f9c605817c27000
>
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