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Bug 545892 - License disparities need to be addressed
License disparities need to be addressed
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtkmm
Classification: Bindings
Component: documentation
2.13.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtkmm-forge
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-08-01 17:43 UTC by Deng Xiyue
Modified: 2008-08-04 10:30 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
gtkmmdoc-license-fix.patch (61.83 KB, patch)
2008-08-02 15:59 UTC, Deng Xiyue 		none Details | Review
gtkmmdoc-license-fix.patch (65.08 KB, patch)
2008-08-03 03:12 UTC, Deng Xiyue 		none Details | Review

Description Deng Xiyue 2008-08-01 17:43:04 UTC 
Currently the COPYING file in gtkmm-documentation mentions LGPL-2.1, while the examples codes are under GPL-2, and the tutorial is under GFDL-1.2 without invariant section or front/back-cover text.  Not a small problem, but trivial to fix.
Comment 1 Murray Cumming 2008-08-02 08:31:33 UTC 
Sure. A patch would be welcome. You can see what the files said when it was in gtkmm.
Comment 2 Deng Xiyue 2008-08-02 15:59:48 UTC 
Created attachment 115737 [details] [review]
gtkmmdoc-license-fix.patch

Patch attempting to fix the COPYING file.  Don't know if it's good to put 2 licenses wording in one COPYING file.
Comment 3 Murray Cumming 2008-08-02 16:08:50 UTC 
Wouldn't it be more common to have a COPYING file and a COPYING.examples (or suchlike) file?

But again, what did gtkmm do before? Why is this only a problem now?
Comment 4 Deng Xiyue 2008-08-03 03:12:07 UTC 
Created attachment 115760 [details] [review]
gtkmmdoc-license-fix.patch

Use separate COPYING files accordingly.

Gtkmm is a library released under LGPL-2.1, so there's no problem for it, though it'd be better to add a COPYING.docs as GFDL-1.2.  Now gtkmm-documentation has only the docs and examples where LGPL-2.1 doesn't fit in.  I'm afraid such inconsistency might cause problem when being included and reviewed by pedantic Debian ftp-masters - which is really good IMO.  Though just a speculation, it'll be good to take some precaution.
Comment 5 Murray Cumming 2008-08-04 10:30:24 UTC 
Perfect. Committed. Thanks.