Bug#647528: chromium-browser: Incomplete copyright file

tags 647528 + patch
quit

Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote:

According to the copyright file, some parts of chromium are licensed under
the terms of the "Microsoft Permissive License (Ms-PL)". However the
actual text of that license ist not part of the copyright file.

Thanks for reporting this. There seem to be some other missing license
texts, too:

Expat
ISC
Netscape Public License Version 1.1
zlib/libpng

Here's a patch that just takes care of the Ms-PL.

debian/changelog | 7 ++++
debian/licenses/LICENSE.Ms-PL | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 debian/licenses/LICENSE.Ms-PL

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e4e908dc..d8bddcaf 100644
a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+chromium-browser (14.0.835.202~r103287-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * debian/licenses: add Ms-PL license snippet (thanks Alexander
+ Reichle-Schmehl; Closes: #647528)
+
+ -- Jonathan Nieder Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:32:33 -0500
+
chromium-browser (14.0.835.202~r103287-1) unstable; urgency=low

[ Michael Gilbert ]
diff --git a/debian/licenses/LICENSE.Ms-PL b/debian/licenses/LICENSE.Ms-PL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f314c20b
/dev/null
+++ b/debian/licenses/LICENSE.Ms-PL
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+License: Ms-PL
+ Microsoft Permissive License (Ms-PL)
+ Published: October 12, 2006
+ .
+ This license governs use of the accompanying software. If you use the software,
+ you accept this license. If you do not accept the license, do not use the
+ software.
+ .
+ 1. Definitions
+ .
+ The terms "reproduce," "reproduction," "derivative works," and "distribution"
+ have the same meaning here as under U.S. copyright law.
+ .
+ A "contribution" is the original software, or any additions or changes to the
+ software.
+ .
+ A "contributor" is any person that distributes its contribution under this
+ license.
+ .
+ "Licensed patents" are a contributor’s patent claims that read directly on its
+ contribution.
+ .
+ .
+ 2. Grant of Rights
+ .
+ (A) Copyright Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the
+ license conditions and limitations in section 3, each contributor grants you a
+ non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to reproduce its
+ contribution, prepare derivative works of its contribution, and distribute its
+ contribution or any derivative works that you create.
+ .
+ (B) Patent Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the license
+ conditions and limitations in section 3, each contributor grants you a
+ non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under its licensed patents to
+ make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import, and/or otherwise dispose of
+ its contribution in the software or derivative works of the contribution in the
+ software.
+ .
+ .
+ 3. Conditions and Limitations
+ .
+ (A) No Trademark License- This license does not grant you rights to use any
+ contributors’ name, logo, or trademarks.
+ .
+ (B) If you bring a patent claim against any contributor over patents that you
+ claim are infringed by the software, your patent license from such contributor
+ to the software ends automatically.
+ .
+ (C) If you distribute any portion of the software, you must retain all
+ copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices that are present in the
+ software.
+ .
+ (D) If you distribute any portion of the software in source code form, you may
+ do so only under this license by including a complete copy of this license with
+ your distribution. If you distribute any portion of the software in compiled or
+ object code form, you may only do so under a license that complies with this
+ license.
+ .
+ (E) The software is licensed "as-is." You bear the risk of using it. The
+ contributors give no express warranties, guarantees or conditions. You may have
+ additional consumer rights under your local laws which this license cannot
+ change. To the extent permitted under your local laws, the contributors exclude
+ the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and
+ non-infringement.
1.7.8.rc0




To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact