#717732 poppler: out-of-date copyright file

Package:
src:poppler
Source:
poppler
Submitter:
Jakub Wilk
Date:
2013-07-24 12:15:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#717732#3
Date:
2013-07-24 11:39:32 UTC
From:
To:
debian/copyright reads: "Poppler is based on a Xpdf fork (updated at
Xpdf 3.02), so the license of the poppler core library (libpoppler.so.X)
is GPL v2 only. All the Poppler contributions are licensed as GPL v2+."

But in fact, this version of Poppler is based on Xpdf 3.03, which is
dual-licensed: GPLv2 or GPLv3.

Please update the copyright file.
#717732#8
Date:
2013-07-24 12:11:29 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

Alle mercoledì 24 luglio 2013, Jakub Wilk ha scritto:

This is correct.

No, Poppler has been forked from some old GPLv2-only Xpdf version, and
in 0.19.x all the modifications from Xpdf 3.03 were integrated. Still,
Poppler is GPLv2-only, since it is a derived work from a GPLv2-only
work.

Poppler would have the same license as Xpdf 3.03 if it would have been
rebased over that Xpdf version (like what LibreOffice people are doing,
IIRC), which is not what happened.