The upstream source was downloaded from:

    <http://users.telenet.be/geertu/Linux/fbdev/>

Copyright Holder:

    Copyright © 1995-1998 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

License:

    This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
    License. See the file COPYING in the main directory of the Linux
    distribution for more details.

--------------- Clarification ----------------------------------------

From Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com Tue Jan 21 19:59:02 2003
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:06:11 +0100 (MET)
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Sender: geert@sonycom.com
To: Guillem Jover <guillem.jover@menta.net>
Subject: Re: fbset: GPL version
In-Reply-To: <20030120063657.GA6650@zulo.hadrons.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0301211703450.24563-100000@vervain.sonytel.be>

	Hi Guillem,

> I'm the new Debian maintainer for fbset. A Debian user has filed a bug
> reporting that the sources doesn't specify the GPL version. So could
> you be so kind to tell me what version they obey?

The source files refer to `the file COPYING in the main directory of the Linux
distribution', so that must be the GNU General Public License Version 2.

--------------- Clarification ----------------------------------------

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