Andreas Noteng <andr...@noteng.no> writes: > Hello, in one of my packages I have multiple files paragraphs with > license GPL-2+, at the end I have a standalone license paragraph labeled > GPL-2, this generates a lintian warning about missing license paragraph > GPL-2+. Shouldn't lintian ignore the +, because it only means this > version or, at your choice, any later version? I think it would be wrong > to label the GPL-2 license paragraph GPL-2+, because this text is the > exact text of version 2, even if you can choose to use any later > version.
Lintian is correct. GPL-2 and GPL-2+ are different, and in the License: section, you still need to expand the license, at least as far as the short "This program is free software..." paragraphs, and that MUST be different between GPL-2 and GPL-2+. > What if you have both GPL-2 and GPL-2+ files paragraphs? Then you will have to have a GPL-2 and a GPL-2+ License section, where one says: License: GPL-2+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation, or (at your option) any later version. [...] And the other: License: GPL-2 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. [...] Notice the difference between the two. -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87sjgitgpx.fsf@algernon.balabit
