wrong debian/copyright violates the GPLv2
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
account-plugins (Ubuntu) |
New
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
The entire text of the copyright file for the account-plugins package is:
<snip>
Format: http://
Upstream-Name: online-
Upstream-Contact: Alberto Mardegan <email address hidden>
Source: https:/
Files: *
Copyright: 2012 Canonical Ltd.
License: GPL-2+
Files: src/windows-
Copyright: 2012 Collabora Ltd.
License: GPL-2+
Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2012 Ken VanDine <email address hidden>
License: GPL-2+
License: GPL-2+
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/
<snip>
This means that, contrary to the requirements of the GPL, this package is not shipping a disclaimer of warranty with the binary.
A correct (and typical) copyright notice for this package would be:
License: GPL-2+
This package 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 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
.
This package 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
along with this program. If not, see <http://
.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/
Changed in account-plugins (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |