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Re: [Lynx-dev] Wrong license name in some source code files of lynx
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: [Lynx-dev] Wrong license name in some source code files of lynx |
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Thu, 3 Sep 2015 20:37:55 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 11:29:13PM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Debian's package checker lintian noticed a wrong license name in the
> copyright file of Debian's lynx package. Elimar Riesebieter suggested
> that the source for this error may be Lynx' source itself, and indeed:
>
> → git grep 'GNU Public'
> ABOUT-NLS:package. Of course the GNU Public License applies to your sources
> from
> COPYHEADER:distribute their work under the terms and conditions of the GNU
> Public
> PACKAGE/debian/copyright:distribute their work under the terms and conditions
> of the GNU Public
> po/makefile.inn:# be used in projects which are not available under the GNU
> Public License
> src/UCdomap.c: * The GNU Public Licence therefore applies, see
>
> I recommend to change all these occurrences of "GNU Public License" to
> "GNU General Public License" as there is no such "GNU Public License".
>
> (BTW: I also noticed inconsistent spelling, sometimes "License" is
> used, sometimes "Licence". You might want to unify these spellings,
> too, while you're at it. It shouldn't matter which of the two
> spellings is chosen.)
thanks (on to-do list...)
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