[libcrypt-unixcrypt-perl] 10/10: Update debian/copyright to correctly list Perl's license terms

Axel Beckert abe at deuxchevaux.org
Tue Dec 24 00:11:40 UTC 2013


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commit af8dd2ae5ce38ef30812a453300d33979f02a46c
Author: Axel Beckert <abe at deuxchevaux.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 24 01:11:07 2013 +0100

    Update debian/copyright to correctly list Perl's license terms
    
    Also fix lintian warning copyright-refers-to-symlink-license
---
 debian/changelog |  2 ++
 debian/copyright | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7eed514..7ff8722 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ libcrypt-unixcrypt-perl (1.0-6) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     + Fixes lintian warning debian-rules-uses-deprecated-makefile
   * No more install installation instructions only README file
   * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no further changes)
+  * Update debian/copyright to correctly list Perl's license terms
+  * Fix lintian warning copyright-refers-to-symlink-license
 
  -- Axel Beckert <abe at debian.org>  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 00:39:17 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 1118753..773610b 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -17,13 +17,20 @@ Copyright 1997-1999, Martin Vorlaender <martin at radiogaga.harz.de>
 This module is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the same terms as Perl itself.
 
-This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-under the term of the Perl Artistic License.  On a Debian system a copy
-of the Perl Artistic License can be found in the file
-'/usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic'.
+You can redistribute it and/or modify Perl under the terms of either:
+
+  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 (GPL) can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-1
+and the Artistic Licence in /usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic.
 
 The Debian packaging is
 Copyright 2002-2005, Brian Nelson <pyro at debian.org>
 Copyright 2006-2007, Bart Martens <bartm at debian.org>
 Copyright 2013,      Axel Beckert <abe at debian.org>
-and is licensed under the GPL, see `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
+and is licensed under the GPL.

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