Bug#924782: lintian: inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license too restrictive

2019-03-19 Thread Mark Hindley
On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 06:12:36PM -0400, Chris Lamb wrote: > A more permissive license should not be a problem in terms of > copyright issues. > > However, Lintian is detecting saying that the AppStream metadata file > specifies a "metadata_license" field but this does not match that > file's lic

Bug#924782: lintian: inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license too restrictive

2019-03-18 Thread Chris Lamb
tags 924782 + moreinfo thanks Hi Mark, > The package as a whole is LGPL-2.1+. I licensed the AppStream metadata > as CC0-1.0. > > Surely having a more permissive license for AppStream metadata is > not a problem? A more permissive license should not be a problem in terms of copyright issues. H

Bug#924782: lintian: inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license too restrictive

2019-03-17 Thread Mark Hindley
Package: lintian Version: 2.5.123 Severity: normal Hello, Recent versions of lintian have produced inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license for my package src:elogind. However, I think the test is too restictive. The package as a whole is LGPL-2.1+. I licensed the AppStream metadata as CC0-1.0.