Re: inconsistent policy?

[fog@mixadlive.com (Federico Di Gregorio)]

Scavenging the mail folder uncovered Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho's letter:
> 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.

that's what the policy says but my package was *refused* for that.
what do you mean by "refer"? what should i put in debian/copyright?

thanx,
federico

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Federico Di Gregorio
MIXAD LIVE System Programmer                           fog@mixadlive.com
Debian GNU/Linux Developer & Italian Press Contact        fog@debian.org
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