Re: modified email address in debian/copyright file

[Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@benfinney.id.au>]

Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi> writes:

> I don't think there is any requirement to have any upstream contact
> information whatsoever in order to be able to distribute a package.

This seems to be the point of disagreement. I think this should be
required, in order that Debian users can have more confidence [0] in
the copyright status of works in Debian.


[0] not absolute confidence, of course, which is impossible; but
greater confidence than would be the case in the absence of valid
copyright holder contact details.

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Ben Finney