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Id: 46028
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  Wed May 13 03:35:27 2009 HINNERK [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: Auto-generated LPGL license file not as per GNU guidelines
create_license => 1, license => 'lgpl3', ... generates the LGPL text into one file LICENSE, but that is not as per GNU guidelines: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html: "If you are releasing your program under the LGPL, you should also include the text version of the LGPL, usually in a file called COPYING.LESSER. Please note that, since the LGPL is a set of additional permissions on top of the GPL, it's important to include both licenses so users have all the materials they need to understand their rights." I suggest to generate one file LICENSE with the GPL text http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt *and* one additional file LICENSE.LESSER with the LGPL text http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt
  Fri Jun 19 00:44:41 2009 csjewell [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
On Wed May 13 03:35:27 2009, HINNERK wrote: Show quoted text
> create_license => 1, > license => 'lgpl3', > > ... generates the LGPL text into one file LICENSE, but that is not as > per GNU guidelines: > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html: > "If you are releasing your program under the LGPL, you should also > include the text version of the LGPL, usually in a file called > COPYING.LESSER. Please note that, since the LGPL is a set of additional > permissions on top of the GPL, it's important to include both licenses > so users have all the materials they need to understand their rights." > > I suggest to generate one file LICENSE with the GPL text > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt *and* one additional file > LICENSE.LESSER with the LGPL text http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt
the do_create_license routine calls the subclasses of Software::License (in this case Software::License::LGPL_3_0) in Module::Build::Base in order to get the text. So really, S::L::LGPL_3_0 needs to be changed in order to return the text of both, along the lines of S::L::Perl_5. I'm filing a bug against Software-License for that purpose and connecting it to this if I can.
  Fri Jun 19 00:44:42 2009 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Fri Jun 19 00:47:23 2009 csjewell [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
On Fri Jun 19 00:44:41 2009, CSJEWELL wrote: Show quoted text
> So really, S::L::LGPL_3_0 needs to be changed in order to return the > text of both, along the lines of S::L::Perl_5. > > I'm filing a bug against Software-License for that purpose and > connecting it to this if I can.
Said bug is #47135, but I can't connect it.
  Fri Jun 19 11:41:49 2009 dagolden [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'stalled'
  Fri Jun 19 11:41:49 2009 dagolden [...] cpan.org - Severity Unimportant added
  Fri Jun 19 11:42:47 2009 dagolden [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Marking this down and stalled pending upstream fix in Software::License.
  Fri Jun 19 11:42:48 2009 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'stalled' to 'open'
  Fri Jun 19 19:33:02 2009 dagolden [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'stalled'
  Tue Jun 23 15:14:57 2009 dagolden [...] cpan.org - Subject changed from 'Auto-generated LPGL license file not as per GNU guidelines' to '[needs upstream fix] Auto-generated LPGL license file not as per GNU guidelines'
  Mon Jun 14 07:44:12 2010 HINNERK [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'stalled' to 'resolved'
  Mon Jun 14 07:45:47 2010 HINNERK [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
fixed in https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=47135
  Mon Jun 14 07:45:52 2010 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'resolved' to 'open'
  Mon Jun 14 07:46:29 2010 HINNERK [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'