Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-24 Thread Kevin Kofler
Matěj Cepl wrote: > You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public > License along with Foobar. If not, see > . I just use the standard GPLv3+ template for my new GPLv2+ projects (with only the version changed to 2), inclu

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-24 Thread Gerald B. Cox
On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 2:53 AM, Matěj Cepl wrote: > However, I don't think that the “How to use GNU license for your > own software” has any contractual significance whatsoever in > using, so I don’t see anything bad in upgrading even the > instructions for GPLv2 to the Internet age (of course,

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-24 Thread Matěj Cepl
On 2014-12-23, 21:06 GMT, Gerald B. Cox wrote: > Upstream had a few files that had the old address. I've > noticed the GPLv3 doesn't have an address in it's notice. Is > it sufficient to instruct upstream to just remove the address > for GPLv2. Not that they're going to move again, but seems

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Gerald B. Cox
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Alec Leamas wrote: > BTW, in many cases I been able to fix these problems by sending patches > rather than just complaints upstream. Basically, I think we (i. e. Fedora) > are the which are concerned about this, and in that situation we are the > ones motivated en

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Alec Leamas
On 23/12/14 21:55, Gerald B. Cox wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Alec Leamas mailto:leamas.a...@gmail.com>> wrote: The check is not only applied to COPYING but also to the license text in source files. Have you checked those? Got it. Thanks! You're welcome. BTW, in man

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Gerald B. Cox
Upstream had a few files that had the old address. I've noticed the GPLv3 doesn't have an address in it's notice. Is it sufficient to instruct upstream to just remove the address for GPLv2. Not that they're going to move again, but seems to be alot of work for everybody if the address is actuall

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Gerald B. Cox
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Alec Leamas wrote: > The check is not only applied to COPYING but also to the license text in > source files. Have you checked those? Got it. Thanks! -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Michael Catanzaro
On Tue, 2014-12-23 at 11:28 -0800, Gerald B. Cox wrote: > > Am I missing something here? What package are you building, and what is the output from rpmlint? That would help. It should point you to a specific file that it has flagged as containing the outdated postal address. (Be aware that thi

Re: Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Alec Leamas
On 2014-12-23 20:28, Gerald B. Cox wrote: I'm getting an incorrect FSF address when I'm building a package. I checked here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_Rpmlint_issues#incorrect-fsf-address and built the package with the recommended file. Still get the error. I checked the address wit

Incorrect FSF Address error from rpmlint

2014-12-23 Thread Gerald B. Cox
I'm getting an incorrect FSF address when I'm building a package. I checked here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_Rpmlint_issues#incorrect-fsf-address and built the package with the recommended file. Still get the error. I checked the address with FSF, and what is in the COPYING file match