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diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright new file mode 100644 index 000000000..536550087 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/copyright @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +This package was debianized by Rene Mayrhofer <rene.mayrhofer@gibraltar.at> on +Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:50:33 +0200. + +The Debian package was created from scratch with some hints taken from +previous freeswan packages by Tommi Virtanen and Aaron Johnson. +The upstream software was downloaded from http://www.freeswan.org/ + +After the FreeS/WAN folks decided to cease development, we used the forked +code base at http://www.openswan.org/. + +This project has multiple authors, please see the file CREDITS for details. +However, all of the code is DFSG-free and, since 2002-09-16, +the LICENSE file in the upstream distribution includes a special GPL addition +to allow linking with libdes (which contains and advertising clause). +This LICENSE file was added to the Debian package of freeswan version 1.98b +by me, but has been authorized by Michael Richardson of freeswan upstream +(who sent the file to a mailing list). + +The contents of this LICENSE file are: +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Except for the DES library, this software is under the GNU Public License, +see the file COPYING. + +The DES library is under a BSD style license, see + linux/crypto/ciphers/des/COPYRIGHT. +Note that this software has a advertising clause in it. + +In addition to the terms set out under the GPL, permission is granted to +link the software against the libdes library just mentioned. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General +Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'. + +Rene Mayrhofer, 2005-09-27 |