Bug 21570

Summary:	RPM must include a copy of GPL to comply with GPL
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	jdalbec
Component:	bc	Assignee:	Trond Eivind Glomsrxd <teg>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.0
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy-0011/msg00235.html
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Description jdalbec 2000-12-01 04:41:02 UTC

Richard M. Stallman has advised the Debian project that every GPL'd package
(binaries too) must contain a copy of the GPL in order to comply with its
terms.  The RH7.0 "bc" RPM does not appear to contain a verbatim copy of
the GPL, so it would appear that you are violating the GPL by distributing
it.

Comment 1 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2000-12-01 16:20:54 UTC

I disagree that it is a GPL violation, but it is a bug that I've fixed for
1.06-2, coming soonish to a Rawhide near you