Re: modified email address in debian/copyright file

[Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi>]

ti, 2007-09-25 kello 12:19 +1000, Ben Finney kirjoitti:
> Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr> writes:
> > How do you determine that being able to [parse email addresses in
> > package metadata] is more important than concerns over disseminating
> > other people's email addresses without their permission ?
> 
> They're distributing a work, with their chosen contact email address
> specific to that work, with permission for anyone to redistribute that
> work to anyone. It beggars logic to assume that permission is further
> needed to redistribute that very email address along with the work.

If they distribute their work without an e-mail address attached, should
the Debian packager go dig one up?

If they distribute their work with the attached e-mail address
obfuscated in some way, should the Debian packager un-obfuscate it?

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