Re: unknown license for package/debian/* in d/copyright in adopted package
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- Subject: Re: unknown license for package/debian/* in d/copyright in adopted package
- From: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2017 11:25:47 +1000
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Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
> Ben Finney writes ("Re: unknown license for package/debian/* in d/copyright in adopted package"):
> > Are there messages in that file that could be removed? I typically
> > try to get a single message from the copyright holder, that contains
> > an explicit and unambiguous grant of a specific license.
>
> I think it is better not to bother upstream with pointless
> administrivia.
Given an appropriate definition of “pointless administrivia”, of course
I agree with that.
I'm responding (belatedly) to your request for feedback on the
*existing* record of correspondence :-)
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Ben Finney
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