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Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files



On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 04:31:58AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le dimanche 22 mars 2009 à 02:58 +0000, Noah Slater a écrit :
> > Again, while the documentation of individual licenses may not be policy, it is
> > certainly policy for each package to be thoroughly checked for licensing issues.
> > As this necessarily involves looking at each file, I don't see why it should be
> > considered that much extra effort documenting the process.
> >
> > Ensuring DFSG compatibility is hardly administrative fluff.
>
> Please read what people write, otherwise it’s getting pretty insulting.
>
> No one here is questioning the importance and the usefulness of the
> licensing check.

I don't understand the disconnect here.

A license check must, by definition, involve each file in the package.

As re-quoted from the quote you previously quoted:

  "I don't see why it should be considered that much extra effort documenting
  the process."

Best,

-- 
Noah Slater, http://tumbolia.org/nslater


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