Package copyright file omits Apache 2 license
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
cloud-init |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Joshua Powers | ||
cloud-init (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Zesty |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Artful |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
http://
https:/
=== Begin SRU Template ===
[Impact]
Apache 2 license terms missing from /usr/share/
[Test Case]
if [ ! -f './lxc-
wget https:/
chmod 755 lxc-proposed-
fi
for release in xenial zesty; do
ref=$
echo "$release START --------------";
lxc-proposed-
lxc init $ref test-$release;
lxc start test-$release;
lxc exec test-$release -- grep Apache -A 1 /usr/share/
done
[Regression Potential]
None
[Other Info]
Upstream commists at
https:/
https:/
=== End SRU Template ===
==== Original bug description ===
In the Ubuntu package source, packages/
debian/copyright says that the license is either GPL-3 or Apache 2.0, but only includes the GPL-3 summary and link (together with the MIT licence terms for cloudinit/
I believe the terms of the Apache licence and the terms the LICENSE file require the inclusion of the Apache 2 summary and link in the debian/copyright file.
cloud-init.tar is not relevant to this issue.
Seen on Azure
$ dpkg-query -W -f='${Version}' cloud-init
0.7.9-233-
$ cat /usr/share/
Format-
Name: cloud-init
Maintainer: Scott Moser <email address hidden>
Source: https:/
This package was debianized by Soren Hansen <email address hidden> on
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:49:15 +0200 as ec2-init. It was later renamed to
cloud-utils by Scott Moser <email address hidden>
Upstream Author: Scott Moser <email address hidden>
Soren Hansen <email address hidden>
Chuck Short <email address hidden>
Copyright: 2010, Canonical Ltd.
License: GPL-3 or Apache-2.0
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, as
published by the Free Software Foundation.
This program 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 this program. If not, see <http://
The complete text of the GPL version 3 can be seen in
/usr/share/
Files: cloudinit/
Copyright: 2006,2007, Mitch Garnaat http://
License: MIT
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, dis-
tribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the fol-
lowing conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABIL-
ITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
IN THE SOFTWARE.
Related branches
- Server Team CI bot: Approve (continuous-integration)
- Ryan Harper: Needs Fixing
-
Diff: 82 lines (+31/-18)1 file modifieddebian/copyright (+31/-18)
- Server Team CI bot: Approve (continuous-integration)
- Ryan Harper: Needs Fixing
-
Diff: 82 lines (+31/-18)1 file modifieddebian/copyright (+31/-18)
- Server Team CI bot: Approve (continuous-integration)
- Ryan Harper: Needs Fixing
- Steve Langasek: Pending requested
-
Diff: 82 lines (+31/-18)1 file modifieddebian/copyright (+31/-18)
Changed in cloud-init: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → High |
assignee: | nobody → Joshua Powers (powersj) |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Artful): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in cloud-init: | |
assignee: | Joshua Powers (powersj) → nobody |
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Artful): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in cloud-init: | |
status: | Invalid → Fix Committed |
assignee: | nobody → Joshua Powers (powersj) |
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Artful): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
tags: |
added: verification-failed-xenial removed: verification-needed-xenial |
This is not an issue found in the cloud-init project itself. The packages/ debian/ copyright file correctly shows the license text of both licenses. See: /github. com/cloud- init/cloud- init/blob/ master/ packages/ debian/ copyright
https:/
This is an issue with the Ubuntu packaging for the devel, zesty, and xenial branches/releases see the following:
artful (devel): /github. com/cloud- init/cloud- init/blob/ ubuntu/ devel/debian/ copyright /github. com/cloud- init/cloud- init/blob/ ubuntu/ zesty/debian/ copyright /github. com/cloud- init/cloud- init/blob/ ubuntu/ xenial/ debian/ copyright
https:/
zesty:
https:/
xenial:
https:/
Creating merge proposals for the packaging branches now.