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authorColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2007-12-13 11:39:01 +0000
committerColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2007-12-13 11:39:01 +0000
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* configure.ac (AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION): Upgrade to gettext 0.17.
* gnulib: Upgrade to Debian 20071201+dfsg-1. * README (Copyright and licensing): New section. Explain the implications of Gnulib components being distributed under GPL v3. * .bzrignore: Ignore gnulib/lib/fcntl.h.
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The C source requires an ANSI C compiler.
+Copyright and licensing
+=======================
+
+Copyright (C) 1990, 1991 John W. Eaton.
+Copyright (C) 1994, 1995 Markus Armbruster.
+Copyright (C) 1994, 1995 Graeme W. Wilford. (Wilf.)
+Copyright (C) 1995 Carl Edman.
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 Fabrizio Polacco.
+Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Colin Watson.
+Copyright (C) 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
+ 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
+ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+man-db is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+man-db is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with man-db; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+In addition, man-db incorporates Gnulib, copyrighted by the Free Software
+Foundation and others. Note that much of Gnulib is distributed under the GNU
+General Public License version 3 or later. This means that, although
+man-db's own source code is licensed under GPL v2 or later, the work as a
+whole falls under the terms of the GPL v3 or later. Unless you take special
+pains to remove the GPL v3 portions, you must therefore follow the terms and
+conditions of the GPL v3 or later when distributing man-db.
+
+
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