Re: Bug#72941: general: non-free packages should have special info in description.
On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 19:35:02 +0900, Junichi Uekawa
<dancer@netfort.gr.jp> wrote:
>In Sun, 1 Oct 2000 18:12:19 -0500 (CDT), de profundis Evan Thompson <evaner@evaner.penguinpowered.com> cum veritate scripsit
>evaner> non-free packages should have some indicator (in description or what-have-you) of why they don't follow DFSG so that CD vendors and all others conserned know why they're not in main.
>evaner>
>
>I believe this is in the file
>/usr/doc/{packagename}/copyright
>for each package, according to policy (v.3.2.1.0)
>
> 2.1.6. Further copyright considerations
> ---------------------------------------
>
> Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright
> and distribution license in the file
> /usr/share/doc/<package-name>/copyright (see Section 6.6, `Copyright
> information' for details).
But to read that, you'll have to download and install the package.
Greetings
Marc
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