* COPYING:

  - Actualized. Removed obsolete Qt section, added GPLv2 clause.
    (Closes: #440049, #509337)

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 135 deletions

diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 3baf9ac5a..bba1b752b 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,142 +1,23 @@
 Apt is copyright 1997, 1998, 1999 Jason Gunthorpe and others.
+Apt is currently developed by APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>.
 
-Apt is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL),
-version 2.0 or later, as published by the Free Software Foundation.  See
-the file COPYING.GPL [included], /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or
-<http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt> for the terms of the latest version
-of the GNU General Public License.
-
-In addition, prior to November 15th, 2000, apt may be distributed under
-terms identical to the above with the following addition:
-
-Works using apt may link against the GUI library "libqt", copyright by
-Troll Tech AS, Norway, provided that:
-
-1. The version of "libqt" is licensed under the terms of the "Qt Free Edition
-   License" published by Troll Tech AS.  The license terms identified as
-   the Qt Free Edition License below are the only such terms under which
-   distribution of works derived from both apt and "libqt" are permitted;
-
-and
-
-2. The source code of the version of "libqt" used is
-
-   a) Distributed with the binary version;
-
-   or
-
-   b) Downloadable by anyone, without fee, using a publicly-announced
-      URL on the Internet, for a duration of at least three years
-      starting with distribution of the binary version.
-
-On and after November 15th, 2000, the above additional terms lose all
-force, and apt will be licensed only under the terms of the GNU General
-Public License, version 2.0 or later.
-
-      _______________________________________________________________
-
-The following text, up to the text of the Qt Free Edition License, is
-informational and not part of the license terms on apt.
-
-Modifications to apt in either source or compiled form must be licensed
-under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.0 (or later),
-but need not include the above clause permitting usage of the "libqt"
-library under the Qt Free Edition License.  Note that removal of this
-clause will result in software which is not licensed for binary
-redistribution linked against software governed by the Qt Free Edition
-License.  In the event that a version of "libqt" is released that is
-licensed under terms that do not conflict with the GPL, the additional
-clause above is not required to grant permission for distribution of works
-that are derived from both apt and "libqt".
-
-No part of apt is licensed under the Qt Free Edition License.  The terms
-below are provided to help identify the circumstances under which the
-"libqt" library may be used with apt (or a work derived from both).  The
-terms below are copied from the LICENSE file of the qt-1.44 distribution,
-as of November 10th, 1999.
-
-      _______________________________________________________________
-
-                        QT FREE EDITION LICENSE
+License: GPLv2+
 
-Copyright (C) 1992-1999 Troll Tech AS. All rights reserved. 
+    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; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
 
-This is the license for Qt Free Edition version 1.44; it covers private use,
-use of third-party application programs based on Qt, and development of
-free software for the free software community. 
+    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
 
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