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 t

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 CO

[perl-WWW-Shorten/f17] (2 commits) ...Update to 3.03 which fixes incorrect-fsf-address, clarifies licensing to Artistic 2.0. Only run test

2012-04-09 Thread Julian C. Dunn
Summary of changes: 4ea2abb... Initial import (#810028) (*) 9307b81... Update to 3.03 which fixes incorrect-fsf-address, clarifies (*) (*) This commit already existed in another branch; no separate mail sent -- Fedora Extras Perl SIG http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SIGs/Perl perl

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] incorrect fsf address

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Callaway
On 08/05/2011 06:45 AM, Marcela Mašláňová wrote: > Hello list, > I run into rpmlint error about incorrect fsf address. My solution was > report it to upstream and left incorrect address in my packages. I > didn't block review of new packages because of it. > Some maintainers

Re: incorrect-fsf-address

2011-05-30 Thread Matej Cepl
Dne 28.5.2011 12:49, Emmanuel Seyman napsal(a): > The FSF's address is : > Free Software Foundation, Inc., > 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Is it? http://www.fsf.org/about/contact/ gives different zip code. Matěj -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org htt

Re: incorrect-fsf-address

2011-05-28 Thread Kevin Kofler
Emmanuel Seyman wrote: > File a bug with upstream to update the copy of the license shipped with > their software. > > The FSF's address is : > Free Software Foundation, Inc., > 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Unfortunately, it's not just the license, it's also the lice

Re: incorrect-fsf-address

2011-05-28 Thread Ville Skyttä
e submitter to > file a bug upstream but do not block the review on this matter. That's correct, this is something that needs to be taken upstream. Use the -i option to rpmlint or try "rpmlint -I incorrect-fsf-address" to see what it has to say about this message id. -- devel mai

Re: incorrect-fsf-address

2011-05-28 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
* Ankur Sinha [28/05/2011 13:41] : > > For the time being, for the review request, do we need to ask the > submitter to patch the address to correct it? I view patching licenses as being a bad thing. I ask the submitter to file a bug upstream but do not block the review on this matter. Emmanuel

Re: incorrect-fsf-address

2011-05-28 Thread Ankur Sinha
On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 12:49 +0200, Emmanuel Seyman wrote: > File a bug with upstream to update the copy of the license shipped > with > their software. > > The FSF's address is : > Free Software Foundation, Inc., > 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA > > Emmanuel For the

Re: incorrect-fsf-address

2011-05-28 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
* Ankur Sinha [28/05/2011 11:51] : > > Recently, I've been getting a lot of "gnumed-server.noarch: E: > incorrect-fsf-address" errors from rpmlint. How is this to be handled? File a bug with upstream to update the copy of the license shipped with their software. The

incorrect-fsf-address

2011-05-28 Thread Ankur Sinha
hello, Recently, I've been getting a lot of "gnumed-server.noarch: E: incorrect-fsf-address" errors from rpmlint. How is this to be handled? Thanks, Ankur -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel