Thomas Dickey writes:
> > the new cpio version is released under GPL 3, but debian/copyright
> > still says it's under GPL 2. You need to update the file and include
> > the complete GPL 3 text, as long as base-files does not contain it.
>
> actually not: it's only a requirement if the packagers choose (as is
> likely but not certain) to upgrade to the new version.
Sorry, I do not understand this: Whom do you refer to as "packagers"?
If you mean the upstream authors, they _have_ just switched to GPL 3;
if you refer to the Debian maintainer, he has to follow that, of course.
> At that point,
> the packagers would as a matter of course(*) change the documentation
> to reflect the new source.
Well, that's just what I wanted to say.
> (*) one would assume, though I've noted incorrect licenses on this
> mailing list in the past which were ignored by the package maintainer.
Which mailing list?
Confused,
Sven
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