[libio-string-perl] 12/13: Update debian/copyright to mention the correct Perl license terms

Axel Beckert abe at deuxchevaux.org
Fri Dec 13 21:18:09 UTC 2013


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commit 9887350bd9a66f2754e30f3e3cf9e325417bef53
Author: Axel Beckert <abe at deuxchevaux.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 13 22:16:21 2013 +0100

    Update debian/copyright to mention the correct Perl license terms
    
    Also fixes lintian warning copyright-refers-to-symlink-license
---
 debian/changelog |  2 ++
 debian/copyright | 16 ++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index aa83154..7648d6e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ libio-string-perl (1.08-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   [ Axel Beckert ]
   * Switch to source format "3.0 (quilt)"
+  * Update debian/copyright to mention the correct Perl license terms
   * Bump debhelper compatibility to 9
     + Update versioned debhelper build-dependency accordingly
   * Revamp debian/rules:
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ libio-string-perl (1.08-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     + Remove no more needed /usr/lib/perl5 handling
     + Remove no more nededed variables
     + Finally switch to minimal dh-style debian/rules file
+  * Fix lintian warning copyright-refers-to-symlink-license
 
  -- gregor herrmann <gregor+debian at comodo.priv.at>  Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:29:54 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index c726073..d81c375 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@ modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
 
 ------------------------------------------------------
 
-Perl is distributed either under the GNU GPL License, or the
-Artistic License.
+Perl is distributed under the terms of either:
 
-On a GNU/Linux system, the complete GNU GPL can be found in
-`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL', the Artistic Licence
-`/usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic', and Perl's license,
-`/usr/share/doc/perl/copyright'
+   a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+      Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later
+      version, or
+
+   b) the "Artistic License" which comes with Perl.
+
+On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
+Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-1' and
+the Artistic Licence in `/usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic'.

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