tag 348494 patch thanks dude On Tue, Jan 17, 2006, Paul Wise wrote: > The current release of the GFDL is non-free, and the content of this > package is almost entirely licenced under the GFDL (except > automake/autoconf stuff). I count 5 copies of the GFDL: COPYING, > COPYING-DOCS and 3 legal.xml files.
Hi, Here is an extract from <http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.8/>. | Legal Notice | | Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document | under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version | 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with | no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. | You can find a copy of the GFDL at this link or in the file COPYING-DOCS | distributed with this manual. So I suggest the following corrections in the debian/copyright file, based on <http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.8/>: --- debian/copyright.old 2006-05-28 07:30:06.000000000 +0200 +++ debian/copyright 2006-05-28 07:36:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,15 +1,67 @@ This package was debianized by Christian Marillat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 4 May 2001 14:56:35 +0200. -It was downloaded from: +It was downloaded from: +<ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.8/2.8.1/sources/> Upstream Authors: Dan Mueth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + Chris Lyttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Sun Microsystems> Laszlo Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Alexander Kirillov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + Alexander Kirillov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Copyright: -© 1999 by Red Hat Software and David A. Wheeler -This software is licenced under the GPL2. -See /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full text. +Copyright © 1999 Red Hat Software, David A. Wheeler +Copyright © 2004 Sun Microsystems +Copyright © 2003 Sun Microsystems + +Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document +under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version +1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with +no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. +You can find a copy of the GFDL in the file COPYING-DOCS distributed +with this manual. + +This manual is part of a collection of GNOME manuals distributed under +the GFDL. If you want to distribute this manual separately from the +collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the license to the manual, +as described in section 6 of the license. + +Many of the names used by companies to distinguish their products and +services are claimed as trademarks. Where those names appear in any +GNOME documentation, and the members of the GNOME Documentation Project +are made aware of those trademarks, then the names are in capital +letters or initial capital letters. + +DOCUMENT AND MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE DOCUMENT ARE PROVIDED UNDER +THE TERMS OF THE GNU FREE DOCUMENTATION LICENSE WITH THE FURTHER +UNDERSTANDING THAT: + + 1. + + DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY + OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT + LIMITATION, WARRANTIES THAT THE DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION OF + THE DOCUMENT IS FREE OF DEFECTS MERCHANTABLE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR + PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, + ACCURACY, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION OF + THE DOCUMENT IS WITH YOU. SHOULD ANY DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION + PROVE DEFECTIVE IN ANY RESPECT, YOU (NOT THE INITIAL WRITER, AUTHOR + OR ANY CONTRIBUTOR) ASSUME THE COST OF ANY NECESSARY SERVICING, + REPAIR OR CORRECTION. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN + ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS LICENSE. NO USE OF ANY DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED + VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT IS AUTHORIZED HEREUNDER EXCEPT UNDER THIS + DISCLAIMER; AND 2. + + UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN +TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL THE AUTHOR, +INITIAL WRITER, ANY CONTRIBUTOR, OR ANY DISTRIBUTOR OF THE DOCUMENT +OR MODIFIED VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT, OR ANY SUPPLIER OF ANY OF SUCH +PARTIES, BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, +INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT +LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER +FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES ARISING +OUT OF OR RELATING TO USE OF THE DOCUMENT AND MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE +DOCUMENT, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY SHALL HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY +OF SUCH DAMAGES. -- adn Mohammed Adnène Trojette
--- debian/copyright.old 2006-05-28 07:30:06.000000000 +0200 +++ debian/copyright 2006-05-28 07:42:14.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,15 +1,67 @@ This package was debianized by Christian Marillat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 4 May 2001 14:56:35 +0200. -It was downloaded from: +It was downloaded from: +<ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.14/2.14.1/sources/> Upstream Authors: Dan Mueth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + Chris Lyttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Sun Microsystems> Laszlo Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Alexander Kirillov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + Alexander Kirillov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Copyright: -� 1999 by Red Hat Software and David A. Wheeler -This software is licenced under the GPL2. -See /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full text. +Copyright � 1999 Red Hat Software, David A. Wheeler +Copyright � 2004 Sun Microsystems +Copyright � 2003 Sun Microsystems + +Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document +under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version +1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with +no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. +You can find a copy of the GFDL in the file COPYING-DOCS distributed +with this manual. + +This manual is part of a collection of GNOME manuals distributed under +the GFDL. If you want to distribute this manual separately from the +collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the license to the manual, +as described in section 6 of the license. + +Many of the names used by companies to distinguish their products and +services are claimed as trademarks. Where those names appear in any +GNOME documentation, and the members of the GNOME Documentation Project +are made aware of those trademarks, then the names are in capital +letters or initial capital letters. + +DOCUMENT AND MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE DOCUMENT ARE PROVIDED UNDER +THE TERMS OF THE GNU FREE DOCUMENTATION LICENSE WITH THE FURTHER +UNDERSTANDING THAT: + + 1. + + DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY + OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT + LIMITATION, WARRANTIES THAT THE DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION OF + THE DOCUMENT IS FREE OF DEFECTS MERCHANTABLE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR + PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, + ACCURACY, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION OF + THE DOCUMENT IS WITH YOU. SHOULD ANY DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION + PROVE DEFECTIVE IN ANY RESPECT, YOU (NOT THE INITIAL WRITER, AUTHOR + OR ANY CONTRIBUTOR) ASSUME THE COST OF ANY NECESSARY SERVICING, + REPAIR OR CORRECTION. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN + ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS LICENSE. NO USE OF ANY DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED + VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT IS AUTHORIZED HEREUNDER EXCEPT UNDER THIS + DISCLAIMER; AND 2. + + UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN +TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL THE AUTHOR, +INITIAL WRITER, ANY CONTRIBUTOR, OR ANY DISTRIBUTOR OF THE DOCUMENT +OR MODIFIED VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT, OR ANY SUPPLIER OF ANY OF SUCH +PARTIES, BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, +INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT +LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER +FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES ARISING +OUT OF OR RELATING TO USE OF THE DOCUMENT AND MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE +DOCUMENT, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY SHALL HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY +OF SUCH DAMAGES.
