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

[Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu>]

Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> writes:

> >>>>> "Ben" == Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu> writes:
> 
>     Ben>      Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of
>     Ben> its copyright and distribution license in the file
>     Ben> /usr/share/doc/<package-name>/copyright. This file must
>     Ben> neither be compressed nor be a symbolic link.
> 
> Hmm. How come everyone just mentions /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL et
> cetera if we are all to copy the GPL ad infinitum into
> /usr/share/doc/package-name ?

Read farther down that policy.  It provides specific exceptions, as I
read it anyhow.