Comments regarding libgtk2-sourceview2-perl_0.07-1_i386.changes

[Emmanuel Rodriguez]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <
ftpmaster at debian.org> wrote:

> Hi maintainer!
>
Hi, developer here :)

>
> I'm going to accept your package, but please get in touch and get the
> license
> statements updated.  While all are DFSG free, they have some discrepancies
> about the versions of the licenses.
>
> On the one hand you say in debian/copyright GPLv1+ or Artistic.  On the
> other
> hand however, the README file states LGPLv2.1+ or Artistic 2.0, while on
> the
> third hand many source files (e.g. xs/*) state LPGLv2.1+, and finally
> library/SourceView2.pm states "the same as perl itself" (which would GPLv1
> or
> Artistic).
>
I think all of this mess is my fault. I never know which license to use :(
Which license is the most suitable for a Debian release? I'm not too picky
about the licenses of my software. What's important for me is that people
can take my work and use it to their liking.

Please clear this up.  While the intention to release everything free is
> there,
> it's quite confusing ;)
>
I can make a new release of upstream that will fix the license mix.

-- 
Emmanuel Rodriguez
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