Multi-license debian/* in Debian's MATE packages

Stefano Karapetsas stefano at karapetsas.com
Mon Oct 14 13:53:30 UTC 2013


Hi Mike,

On 2013-10-14 14:39, Mike Gabriel wrote:
> The update includes a slight change to debian/copyright [1].
> Background of this is that files esp. patches in debian/* should
> always match the upstream license. If several licenses occur in the
> upstream files, debian/patches/* files have to be compatible with all
> those licenses. Easiest thing to do then is multi-licensing everything
>  in debian/*.
> Everyone agrees? Esp. Stefano (as I have changed the licenses of stuff
>  that you are copyright holder of)? Before I have not received a yes
> from Stefano here, I will not upload that package. Thanks

I agree to change copyright and match upstream one.

Cheers,
Stefano



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