Bug#702070: widelands: Copyright file points to wrong license and doesn't cite source

2013-03-06 Thread Steven De Herdt
>> It would be interesting to see if Debian can make the 'complete >> corresponding source' happen, in the longer run presumably. > > I'm not sure I understand what you mean here, actually. That's a term from GPLv2: for binary distribution the license requires availability of all materials the or

Bug#702070: widelands: Copyright file points to wrong license and doesn't cite source

2013-03-04 Thread Martin Quinson
> > For the more profund issues underlying, I'll see with upstream about > > how to improve it. > It would be interesting to see if Debian can make the 'complete > corresponding source' happen, in the longer run presumably. I'm not sure I understand what you mean here, actually. Sorry, Mt. --

Bug#702070: widelands: Copyright file points to wrong license and doesn't cite source

2013-03-04 Thread Steven De Herdt
> The good news is that I'm willing to fix bugs in my packages even when > they are not release critical :) > > I admit that I'm not as responsive as I should recently, but I'll try > to come back soon. > > As for the GPL version, my bad (I guess), this will be fixed soon. Very good, that should

Bug#702070: widelands: Copyright file points to wrong license and doesn't cite source

2013-03-04 Thread Martin Quinson
On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 12:31:37AM +0100, Steven De Herdt wrote: > Hello, > > > Pointing to the wrong gpl version doesn't violate debian policy. > I had the impression upstream released under GPLv2 only, but the source > code files say "v2 or later". In as far as Debian distributes under > GPLv3,

Bug#702070: widelands: Copyright file points to wrong license and doesn't cite source

2013-03-03 Thread Steven De Herdt
Hello, > Pointing to the wrong gpl version doesn't violate debian policy. I had the impression upstream released under GPLv2 only, but the source code files say "v2 or later". In as far as Debian distributes under GPLv3, and not the unspecified "the GPL" (which includes v1), that should be legall

Bug#702070: widelands: Copyright file points to wrong license and doesn't cite source

2013-03-02 Thread Michael Gilbert
control: severity -1 important > I noticed that Widelands' copyright file points to the wrong GPL: > "This game is distributed under the GPL licence (to be found under > /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL on a Debian box)." Pointing to the wrong gpl version doesn't violate debian policy. > Also, the

Bug#702070: widelands: Copyright file points to wrong license and doesn't cite source

2013-03-02 Thread Steven De Herdt
Package: widelands Version: 1:17-3 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 12.5 Dear Maintainer, I noticed that Widelands' copyright file points to the wrong GPL: "This game is distributed under the GPL licence (to be found under /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL on a Debian box)." This leads to GPL