Re: Shouldn't /usr/doc/*/copyright actually contain copyright information?

[Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu>]

David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu> writes:

> Shouldn't /usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright actually contain 
> copyright information? Because quite a few of them don't.

Yes:

6.5. Copyright information
--------------------------

     Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its
     copyright and distribution license in the file
     /usr/share/doc/<package-name>/copyright. This file must neither
     be compressed nor be a symbolic link.