diff --git a/patches/debian-copyright-fsf-address/0001-debian-copyright-drop-obsolete-FSF-street-address.patch b/patches/debian-copyright-fsf-address/0001-debian-copyright-drop-obsolete-FSF-street-address.patch new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ea08e460d --- /dev/null +++ b/patches/debian-copyright-fsf-address/0001-debian-copyright-drop-obsolete-FSF-street-address.patch @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +From f31c57adf736df52b3f393f2650920af98b8e8f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Markus Fritsche +Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:40:44 +0200 +Subject: [PATCH] debian/copyright: drop obsolete FSF street address + +The 'You should have received a copy ... write to the Free +Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, +Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA' paragraph flags the lintian tag +'old-fsf-address-in-copyright-file'. Debian prefers either no +address at all or an https://www.gnu.org/licenses/ reference; +in this file /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2.1 is already +cited a few lines below, so the address is redundant. Replace +with the gnu.org URL per current FSF boilerplate. + +Pre-existing text, no change to the licence terms. + +Signed-off-by: Markus Fritsche +--- + debian/copyright | 3 +-- + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) + +diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright +index 961fc90..3228eec 100644 +--- a/debian/copyright ++++ b/debian/copyright +@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ License: LGPL-2.1 + License for more details. + . + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License +- along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., +- 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA ++ along with this library; if not, see . + . + On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU Lesser General Public License + version 2.1 can be found in the file "/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2.1". +-- +2.53.0 +