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Re: tool to create debian/copyright files paragraphs?



Hi,

 

On Montag, 28. Januar 2013, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> Do not assume that authors are copyright holders.

 

this(!), and you also don't have to repeat detailed copyright ownership information in debian/copyright - it's fine if that information is scattered along these files itself, as long as these files are under the same licence and debian/copyright states this licence and the copyright owners as a whole, (even) optionally refering to the individual files.

 

debian/copyright is just a useful summary.

 

listing each and every copyright owner for thousands of files in debian/copyright (and updating them, on every release) serves no useful purpose whatsoever.

 

please, think of the kittens! :-)

 

 

cheers,

Holger


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