Am Samstag, den 20.02.2016, 19:41 +0100 schrieb Daniel Pocock: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.30+deb8u4 > X-Debbugs-cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org > > > Let's say that debian/copyright contains the following: > > > > Files: foo > Copyright: 2016, Mr Foo > License: GPL-2 > > Files: bar > Copyright: 2016, Mr Bar > 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/common-licenses/GPL-2". > > > > > Lintian will complain with a warning: > > W: libfoobar source: missing-license-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright gpl- > 2+ > (paragraph at line X) > > > Should lintian ignore the '+' suffix when determining if a License > paragraph exists? >
Well, IMHO lintian is right here. You'll need also the "license grant", your License: paragraph'd be incomplete without it. And the license grant is the one that actually grants the "or later option", not the license text itself in /usr/share/common-licenses Also, not quoting the license grant would be a violation of the "verbatim copyright" requirement in the Policy. -- tobi