Re: debian/copyright verbosity

[Matthias Julius <lists@julius-net.net>]

Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> writes:

> Matthias Julius <lists@julius-net.net> writes:
>
>> It is exactly what you would get if someone would merge the three
>> files into one. Suddenly, the copyright statements cover the whole of
>> the contents of all three files and you couldn't knwow anymore what is
>> by whom. Would the copyright statement be less true?
>
> But, in the proposed scenario, that *hasn't happened*. How is it a
> useful preservation of information to falsely assume that an event has
> occurred when writing ‘debian/copyright’, or to ignore the distinction
> of whether it has or not?

I just meant to say that when it is OK to summarize the copyright
statements when merging the files then it should also be fine to make
the same summarized statement about a set of files.  One is as true as
the other.

Matthias