Re: COPYING says GPL, but all headers say LGPL

2006-06-29 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Tyler MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They really should state that if it is their intention. A lot of > > those "builder" type programs do it, such as auto* bison and dh-make > > (I changed it after someone pointed out the problem with not having > > the specific exception). > > F

Re: COPYING says GPL, but all headers say LGPL

2006-06-28 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Craig Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, if you run "perl ppport.h --strip", all documentation *and* > > licensing information was removed. My feeling is that if the authors of > > Devel::PPPort allow the license to be removed (while still leaving other > > comments intact in the hea

Re: COPYING says GPL, but all headers say LGPL

2006-06-28 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 06:13:44PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > This makes me wonder about ppport.h in perl-XS packages; by default, > the generated ppport.h comes with a note saying it's licensed under the same > terms as perl itself. > > However, if you run "perl ppport.h --strip"

Re: COPYING says GPL, but all headers say LGPL

2006-06-28 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Craig Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > reluctant to do this. Too much information kills information. > I don't for any of my "autoconfed" packages. The output files have > "do whatever" type of license, as does most output files of this type. This makes me wonder about ppport.h in per

Re: COPYING says GPL, but all headers say LGPL

2006-06-28 Thread Craig Small
> I have one last question: the package uses autoconf. Do I have to > mention every autoconf-related file and remind their copyright holder > and licence in the copyright file of the Debian package? I am a bit > reluctant to do this. Too much information kills information. I don't for any of my "au

Re: COPYING says GPL, but all headers say LGPL

2006-06-28 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 09:07:18AM +0200, Bas Wijnen a écrit : > The LGPL specifies that the user may redistribute the software > under the LGPL, or the GPL. So you (as packager) can simply choose to do your > redistribution under the terms of the GPL. It's a good idea to mention this > in the co

Re: COPYING says GPL, but all headers say LGPL

2006-06-28 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 09:07:18AM +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 01:12:10PM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 11:02:01AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > It appears that, although the COPYING file and the website > > > claim that TreeView X is GPL, all t

Re: COPYING says GPL, but all headers say LGPL

2006-06-28 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 01:12:10PM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 11:02:01AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > It appears that, although the COPYING file and the website > > claim that TreeView X is GPL, all the source files have Library GPL > > headers (except the Nexus one

Re: COPYING says GPL, but all headers say LGPL

2006-06-27 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 11:02:01AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > It appears that, although the COPYING file and the website > claim that TreeView X is GPL, all the source files have Library GPL > headers (except the Nexus ones of course). Technically, what is the > licence of TreeView X? LGP

COPYING says GPL, but all headers say LGPL

2006-06-27 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 10:17:32PM +1000, Craig Small a écrit : > Nexus class libraries are found at http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/ncl/ > I would strongly reccomend that these were packaged separately and that > you use the ones directly from the author's site. Dear Craig, Thanks for