deb822.py licensing, Was: upload? (with summary of UNRELEASED stuff)

[Reinhard Tartler]

dann frazier <dannf at debian.org> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 12:30:19AM +0200, Adeodato Sim?? wrote:
>> * Stefano Zacchiroli [Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:10:59 +0200]:
>> 
>> > Sorry, but I lost count; does this mean we now have all the
>> > authorization to re-release deb822 under "gpl v2 or above" hence solving
>> > all ours license-compatibility issues?
>> 
>> No, dannf is still missing; I think he needs to hear back from his
>> employer first.

> Another option is to just license under "GPL v2 or greater" - its
> a simpler statement, but more resrictive.


okay, with this, I think everyone agrees to relicence it as GPL v2 or
later. I therefore prepare the following diff:

=== modified file 'debian/copyright'
--- debian/copyright    2007-07-18 17:19:56 +0000
+++ debian/copyright    2007-07-26 08:56:21 +0000
@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@
   
 Licenses:
 
-  The following module is released under GPL v2 only:
-    deb822.py
   The following modules are released under GPL v2 or above:
-    changelog.py, debian_support.py
+    changelog.py, debian_support.py, deb822.py
   The following modules are released under GPL v3 or above:
     debfile.py, arfile.py, debtags.py
 

=== modified file 'debian_bundle/deb822.py'
--- debian_bundle/deb822.py     2007-07-20 22:45:46 +0000
+++ debian_bundle/deb822.py     2007-07-26 08:55:59 +0000
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-# as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
-# dated June, 1991.
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of


Anyone of the copyright holders cares to apply?

I think we should be ready for upload to unstable now. bzr-builddeb 0.18
is only waiting for this ;)


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Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4