Package: apt-spy Version: 3.1-19 Severity: minor Tags: patch Lintian has tagged apt-spy with copyright-refers-to-versionless-license-file. http://lintian.debian.org/maintainer/s...@linux.it.html#apt-spy
In debian/copyright, /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL refers to the last version of the GPL but previous versions of apt-spy to which it applies were licensed under the GPL v2, not v3. (Old sources: http://archive.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apt-spy/) I think it should corrected.
From: Laurent Dard <f.coupe...@online.fr> Description: Historical precision about the version of the previous license /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL refers to the last version of the GPL but apt-spy (previously named apt-sources) was licensed under the GPL v2, not v3. (avoids the Lintian tag copyright-refers-to-versionless-license-file) Bug-Debian: --- apt-spy-3.1.orig/debian/copyright +++ apt-spy-3.1/debian/copyright @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Rodriguez <mess...@optonline.net> Versions 1.x and 2.x were licensed under the GNU GPL (see -/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL). +/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2). This version 3 is a total rewrite from scratch, and is licensed under the following (BSD style) license:
