On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 21:03 +0200, Jan Hauke Rahm wrote: > > My fault, i just pasted the template suggested by the "My packages" area > > at mentors.debian.net without checking it. As you can see at [1], the > > system thinks that the package is lintian clean... > > > > [1] > > http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=php-xml-util > > Never rely on a system you don't control. :) >
Very good advice, thanks :) I've checked the upgrading_checklist for current Standards-Version and this warning is gone. > > What should i do to correct all this? > > Well, two possibilites: > 1) ask the former maintainer about the license changes, > 2) ask upstream about a clarification. > > Changing the license of someone else's code is a serious violation of > Debian guidelines and in most states even illegal, unless you have > permission to do so. Your job is do revert the change or get this > permission. Ok, I've asked the former maintainer about the changes, he has sent me this link [1] about packages wih similar license issues. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=332617 I've tried to revert the changes to the original upstream license, PHP 2.0, and i get the following lintian error: E: php-xml-util: copyright-refers-to-bad-php-license N: N: This package appears to be covered by version 2.x of the PHP license, N: which is not appropriate for anything other than PHP itself. There is a new upstream version with BSD license [2], probably packaging it is the best solution, what do you think? [2] http://pear.php.net/package/XML_Util Thanks, Federico -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
