Re: Why do we list individual copyright holders?
On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> wrote:
> On 12/07/2017 05:57 AM, Steve Robbins wrote:
>> So: if I changed the boost copyright file to say "Copyright: $Dates Boost
>> authors", would it pass ftp-master scrutiny?
>
> No, I don't think so.
>
> I'm not sure what the FTP master logic is, but for me, the kernel is so
> much a high profile package, that it doesn't mater much, as we all know
> it is free software, and authors can be easily identified. It cannot be
> said the same thing about everything within Debian. Probably that's the
> FTP master reasoning: they don't need to check so much for the Linux
> kernel as they do for other less known piece of software.
Are you saying that Boost isn't well-known? I was forced to spend a
few hours doing a thorough copyright file earlier this year for
mozjs52 which is simply the JavaScript engine from Firefox 52 ESR. I
first tried copying the Firefox 52 ESR's copyright file (removing the
extra lines that didn't apply to this more minimal source) but it
wasn't complete enough. (mozjs52 is essential for GNOME Shell 3.26.)
Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha
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