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Bug 551956 - COPYING file missing from svn
COPYING file missing from svn
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-settings-daemon
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.23.x
Other opensolaris
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: gnome-settings-daemon-maint
gnome-settings-daemon-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-09-12 13:32 UTC by Matt Keenan (IRC:MattMan)
Modified: 2008-09-12 17:53 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24


Description Matt Keenan (IRC:MattMan) 2008-09-12 13:32:15 UTC 
gnome-settings-daemon svn does not include a COPYING file, it is generated
by the autotools at make dist time.

This has the drawback that depending on the version of automake used the 
COPYING file may contain GPLv2 or GPLv3.

The current COPYING file contains GPLv3

This is inconsistent with the rest of g-s-d which is licensed at GPLv2.

g-s-d svn should really contain a correct COPYING file which matches the license
of the rest of the product.
Comment 1 Jens Granseuer 2008-09-12 16:32:59 UTC 
2008-09-12  Jens Granseuer  <jensgr@gmx.net>

        * COPYING: add GPLv2 copyright notice explicitly so that newer
        versions of autotools don't declare us GPLv3 (bug #551956)
Comment 2 Matt Keenan (IRC:MattMan) 2008-09-12 17:24:57 UTC 
Thanks for the quick turnaround.

Will there be another tarball release for 2.24 to ensure this makes it into
that release ?
Comment 3 Jens Granseuer 2008-09-12 17:53:56 UTC 
We'll probably have several more before 2.24 final:

http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointTwentythree