Bug#365213: lintian: catch non-free rfc files
Package: lintian
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi! It was suggested in
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal/25993/focus=26041
to produce a lintian rule to catch non-free RFCs in packages.
I don't know whether this is a good idea (maybe lintian should be
usable on packages in non-free too?), but here goes.
My method was to look for files named ^.*/rfc[0-9]+.(html|txt)(.gz)?$.
What do you think?
Thanks.
--- files.orig 2006-04-28 16:07:01.000000000 +0200
+++ files 2006-04-28 16:07:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -464,6 +464,11 @@
tag "extra-license-file", "$file";
}
+ # ---------------- non-free RFC files
+ if ($file =~ m,.*/rfc[0-9]+(\.(txt|html(\.gz|\.bz2)?))?$,i) {
+ tag "non-free-rfc-file", "$file";
+ }
+
# ---------------- plain files
if ($perm =~ m/^-/) {
--- files.desc.orig 2006-04-28 16:07:06.000000000 +0200
+++ files.desc 2006-04-28 16:05:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -352,6 +352,14 @@
<tt>debian/copyright</tt> file. This usually makes it unnecessary
for the package to install this information in other places as well.
+Tag: non-free-rfc-file
+Type: warning
+Ref: policy 2.2
+Info: This filename looks like an IETF RFC. The IETF RFCs are not
+ licensed under a DFSG free license, so they should not be part of
+ packages in main. See also <a href="http://release.debian.org/removing-non-free-documentation";><tt>
+ http://release.debian.org/removing-non-free-documentation</tt></a>.
+
Tag: non-standard-toplevel-dir
Type: error
Info: The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard forbids the installation of new
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