Licensing of gmerlin-avdecoder regression tests

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 05:10:01PM +0200, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
>On 10/08/2010 04:30 PM, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>>
>> or just add the patch to debian/patches and apply at build-time...
>>
>
>is it allowed to fix license issues in the upstream code by applying 
>debian/patches?

If old upstream code is still not DFSG-free (i.e. deemed unsuitable for 
Debian to redistribute even in source form), and upstream solved the 
issue by replacing it with other code which is differently licensed, 
then a Debian patch is not enough: We need to replace the upstream 
tarball with one containing only DFSG-free code.

If, on the other hand, the exact same old code has been relicensed 
upstream, then we need not even a patch: It is enough to clarify in 
debian/copyright the upstream statement on the relicensing.


Regards,

  - Jonas

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