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Re: Bug#210779: libtunepimp1: give me the license



I wrote:
> The GPL says:
> 
> ...give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along
> with the Program.
> 
> If I do not include the text of the GPL in my packages users who download
> debs will not receive copies of the license along with the program.

Mathieu Roy writes:
> Please, take a look at the following
> <http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile>

I have long since done so.  I do not quote the GPL in the copyright file:
that would be silly.  I do include the upstream COPYING file or equivalent.
If that is a policy violation, so be it.  I am not going to remove the
author's license in order to save a few bytes.

I am author as well as maintainer of two of my packages.  As author, I
expect Debian to comply with my license by including the text of my license
in the debs.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI



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