Re: inconsistent policy?
On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 11:09:09AM +0200, Federico Di Gregorio wrote:
> hi,
>
> little problem with lintian. some time ago one of my packages
> was refused because the copyright file was not the full license (GPL)
> but contained just a reference to it ("this package is distributed
> under...") now i included the full license but lintian tells me:
>
> E: python-popy: copyright-file-is-gpl
> N:
> N: The copyright file /usr/share/doc/<pkg>/copyright contains the
> N: complete text of the GPL. It should refer to the file
> N: /usr/share/doc/copyright/GPL instead.
> N:
> N: See Policy Manual, section 6.5 for details.
>
> what should i do?
Refer to /usr/share/doc/copyright/GPL for the full text of the license.
Do NOT put the GPL full in the copyright file.
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