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Re: Missing license info in source files - fixed in upstream svn



* Paul Cager (paul-debian@home.paulcager.org) [070702 23:04]:
> I'm packaging a couple of Java libraries where the source files do not
> have any license declarations. This is being fixed in upstream's svn
> repository.
> 
> I still want to package upstream's latest *release* rather than the head
> of svn, so is it OK just to explain the situation in
> README.Debian-source (leaving the source files without license
> declarations)?

Explain it in debian/copyright, that's the proper place (the source
files don't actually need license statement, even though of course it
helps transparence and is therefore encouraged).


Cheers,
Andi
-- 
  http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/



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