Comments regarding freehep-swing_2.0.3-1_amd64.changes

[Giovanni Mascellani]

Barry deFreese ha scritto:
>>> I've contacted upstream authors (Mark Donszelmann) about the fact that
>>> license pages talks about LGPL-2.1 and contains LGPL-3. He answered me
>>> that the whole freehep is under LGPL-2.1 and that he would had updated
>>> the license page (but he didn't).
>>>
> I don't remember the specific issue to be honest.  The best thing to do then
> would be to cite in debian/copyright which files are LGPL-2.1 and which are
> LGPL-3.  Apparently not having the full text of the license if it can be proven
> is OK, though I am not sure I agree with it so just re-upload.

All files are under LGPL-2.1+, upstream clearly told me this.
debian/copyright is correct about this.

>>>> Also, you are missing at least a couple of copyright holders in debian/copyright.  CERN and SLAC.
>>> Should I cite them? I cited the "real" authors (working for CERN or SLAC
>>> or other institutions), and nothing tells me that these institutions
>>> have a share on the copyright. Should I write upstream to clarify this?
>>>
> Author <> Copyright holder.  As an example I have authored code for gnumach and
> Hurd but I do not hold copyright on the code.

I've written upstream to clear out this fact. As soon as they reply,
I'll decide whether my package has to be updated or not.

> In other words a simple re-upload and it may be accepted, though again I would
> suggest adding the actual copyright holders and mentioning any differences in
> license versions in debian/copyright.

The package is still in NEW: should I upload again the package even if
it requires no changes (ie., upstream tells me that the copyright
holders are correct), or you require me to re-upload it anyway?

> Thanks, and sorry for the delayed response.

No problems, I fully understand you! :-)

Giovanni.
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