pd-moonlib_0.2-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 12:08:20AM -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
>Ok, I updated the debian/copyright and pushed the changes to 
>git.debian.org.  Its ready for re-upload.
>
>I just wanted to add that the previous condition was legal, LGPL-2.1 
>files can be incorporated into a GPL-2 project, so it was correct to 
>say that the whole project could be used under the GPL-2.  It is not 
>correct to say that the whole library could be used under the LGPL-2.1 
>though, only some of the files, if used in isolation.

Legal, yes: The licenses are indeed compatible.

The issue, though, is about Policy compliance: §4.5 requires including 
"verbatim" copies of licensing - meaning that even if we legally are 
allowed to relicense under different compatible terms, we limit 
ourselves to only _reuse_ upstream licensing.


Regards,

  - Jonas

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