As an additional followup, as the original debian/* files were licensed GPLv2+, if you edit a file you can choose to make your contribution GPLv3+, which would convert the entire file to GPLv3+. If you end up editing all of the files in debian/* at least once, you could convert the entire copyright entry to GPLv3+. I can’t do that with Electrum because there is no automatic conversion from GPLv3+ to Expat. But it is an option that is open to you if you would like to pursue it. It also isn’t a problem if you decide to leave all your contributions to debian/* as GPLv2+, as any GPLv2+ file can be contributed to an upstream GPLv3+ project (that’s the beauty of using GPLv2+ instead of GPLv2: it can be converted to later versions with any additional permission from the copyright holders). On Friday, April 12, 2024 12:40:55 PM MST Soren Stoutner wrote: > As an additional comment, I currently maintain Electrum. Upstream is licensed > Expat. Previous maintainers licensed their debian/* contributions GPLv3+. > When I took over the package, I started working closely with upstream and > wanted to contribute patches and other files, like AppSream metainfo to them. > > To do this, I wanted all of my new contributions to debian/* to be licensed > under Expat when I was the sole author of the file, and dual licensed under > GPLv3+ and Expat when I was editing an existing file. I indicated that in > the following way: > > Files: debian/* > Copyright: 2013-2015 Vasudev Kamath <kamathvasudev@gmail.com> > 2013 Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> > 2013-2021 Tristan Seligmann <mithrandi@debian.org> > 2019-2020 Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org> > 2022 Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org> > 2022-2024 Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> > License: GPL-3+ > Comment: > The following copyright holders additionally license their > contributions to debian/* under the Expat license so that > if all other listed contributors agree it can be relicensed > under Expat, which is the license used by upstream and makes it > easier for contributions to be upstreamed when appropriate: > Soren Stoutner, Bastian Germann. > > Files: debian/electrum.1 > Copyright: 2023-2024 Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> > License: Expat > > Files: debian/patches/* > Copyright: 2022-2024 Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> > License: Expat > > Files: debian/patches/Improve-message-about-PyQt5.patch > Copyright: 2020 Tristan Seligmann <mithrandi@debian.org> > License: GPL-3+ > > https://sources.debian.org/src/electrum/4.5.4%2Bdfsg-1/debian/copyright/[1] > > On Friday, April 12, 2024 12:10:43 PM MST Richard Laager wrote: > > I've only looked at this situation for a total of five minutes prior to > > writing this email, so take this with a grain of salt. But to help you > > make forward progress... > > > > Upstream seems to use GPL-3+ (not GPL-3). For example: > > https://github.com/fxbois/web-mode/blob/ a9d21841224da3295f2dd0a90022f5e435e4 > > 80 46/web-mode.el#L13 > > > > The existing copyright says GPL-2+ (not GPL-2). > > > > On 2024-04-10 23:05, Xiyue Deng wrote: > > > 1. whether I can add the new copyright section to cover debian/*, and > > > > I think it is pretty typical to have a debian/* section. And if the > > licenses differ (see below), then you would _have_ to have separate > > sections. -- Soren Stoutner soren@debian.org
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