Hello, This seems like a GPL violation. The debian version of "shadow" package includes GPLed code from GNU su. This is allowed since shadow's license is 3-clausse BSD (GPL-compatible) but it looks to me that we aren't complying with Section 2 of the GPL which requires that the whole modified work is relicensed.
Please could you have a look at the license references in package shadow (version 4.0.3-29)? I believe [shadow]/src/su.c and [shadow]/debian/copyright indicate that the GPL terms only apply to the parts that were originaly GPL and not the whole work. Thanks. On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 04:13:22PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > close 244297 > thanks > > No, I said > > "/* Some parts substantially derived from an ancestor of: */" > and then reproduced the gnu copyright message, which clearly applies to the > whole work. > > kcr > > Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > reopen 244297 > > thanks > > > > You added a note to the license header in src/su.c explaining that the > > _parts_ > > borrowed from GNU su are licensed under the GPL. This is misleading, because > > in order to comply with the license terms of GNU su, you have to relicense > > the > > whole file under the GPL. Section 2 clearly states: > > > > "These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole." > > -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work." -- J.R.R.T., Ainulindale (Silmarillion)
