On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 02:26:01PM +0200, Stefan Alfredsson wrote: > > > Since debian/copyright is derived from the original copyright file, > > > should the first error be fixed with the upstream? > > > > Presuming this is GPL or such, you can change the text saying where the > > user can get the license. Actually, it's preferred that you change it not > > to point to the COPYING file, but to /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL file, > > which exists on all Debian systems. > > Yes, it's GPL. So, instead of cut'n'pasting it into debian/copyright, I could > refer to /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL instead?
Yep. You can use something like this: Copyright (C) 2000 author This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with your Debian system, in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or with the source package as the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
