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

[Jeremiah Foster]

On Apr 24, 2010, at 17:14, Emmanuel Rodriguez wrote:

> 
> 
> 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.

In general, I just use the GPL v2. Perl modules often default to the Artistic License or the GPL, so licensing it GPL v2 will play nicely with other perl modules and other libraries in debian.

Regards,

Jeremiah
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