copyright file is incorrect

Bug #262564 reported by Matt Zimmerman
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-restricted-modules (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Ben Collins
Intrepid
Fix Released
High
Ben Collins

Bug Description

The copyright file in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-1-generic reads, in its entirety, as below. Some of the problems with this are:

 * This package is not the Linux kernel
 * It was not written by Linus Torvalds
 * It did not come from upstream linux git
 * It is not licensed under the GPL

This is the Ubuntu prepackaged version of the Linux kernel.
Linux was written by Linus Torvalds <email address hidden>
and others.

This package was put together by the Ubuntu Kernel Team, from
sources retrieved from upstream linux git.
The sources may be found at most Linux ftp sites, including
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/

This package is currently maintained by the
Ubuntu Kernel Team <email address hidden>

Linux is copyrighted by Linus Torvalds and others.

   This program 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; version 2 dated June, 1991.

   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, write to the Free Software
   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
   02111-1307, USA.

On Ubuntu Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License v2 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-1-generic 2.6.27-1.1
ProcEnviron:
 LC_COLLATE=C
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: linux-restricted-modules
Uname: Linux 2.6.26-5-generic i686

Tags: apport-bug
Revision history for this message
Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :
Changed in linux-restricted-modules:
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
Changed in linux-restricted-modules:
assignee: nobody → ben-collins
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux-restricted-modules - 2.6.27-7.10

---------------
linux-restricted-modules (2.6.27-7.10) intrepid; urgency=low

  [Ben Collins]

  * build: Fix copyright file
    - LP: #262564
  * build/d-i: Create nic-restricted-{modules/firmware}

 -- Ben Collins <email address hidden> Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:01:13 -0400

Changed in linux-restricted-modules:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Matt Zimmerman (mdz)
description: updated
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