Hi, Quoting Francesco Poli (wintermute) (2019-11-12 00:03:52) > I've just noticed that the mmdebstrap package [claims] to be released > under the terms of the Expat license, but this is not really the > case, since the license text (in both the debian/copyright file > and the upstream source code) lacks an important part, namely > the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability (the part > in upper case)! > Please compare with the canonical [Expat] license text. > > [claims]: > <https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/m/mmdebstrap/mmdebstrap_0.5.1-2_copyright> > [Expat]: <http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt> > > The disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability are important > (above all, they protect the authors and copyright holders): I would > strongly recommend adding them as soon as possible, thus effectively > changing the license of mmdebstrap (this can be easily done, as long > as there's only one copyright holder).
the warranty part does not change any of the terms under which the software can be used or distributed. Thus I don't think it would need coordination with any copyright holder. Furthermore, the Expat License clearly states: > The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in > all copies or substantial portions of the Software. Indeed the *above* notice was kept intact. The expat license says nothing about keeping the text intact that follows, namely the warranty part. Lastly, the warranty part is not required at all in my jurisdiction. Are there important jurisdictions where the Debian project as a whole cares that it is needed? If the Debian project cares about the disclaimer of warranty, then it can just easily be added into debian/copyright so that all recipients of the software via Debian receive it together with the disclaimer. As I explained above, I don't think that this requires a change of the upstream license. Thanks! cheers, josch
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