lintian: r1223 - in trunk: checks debian

[rra@debian.org]

Author: rra
Date: 2008-02-20 19:02:53 +0100 (Wed, 20 Feb 2008)
New Revision: 1223

Modified:
   trunk/checks/copyright-file.desc
   trunk/debian/changelog
Log:
* checks/copyright-file{.desc,}:
  + [RA] Further explain why lintian looks for a valid copyright notice.
    (Closes: #466714)

Modified: trunk/checks/copyright-file.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/copyright-file.desc	2008-02-20 00:32:56 UTC (rev 1222)
+++ trunk/checks/copyright-file.desc	2008-02-20 18:02:53 UTC (rev 1223)
@@ -197,7 +197,10 @@
  copyright notice.  You should copy the copyright notice from the upstream
  source (or add one of your own for a native package).  A copyright notice
  must consist of Copyright, Copr., or the Unicode symbol of C in a circle
- followed by the years and the copyright holder.
+ followed by the years and the copyright holder.  A copyright notice is
+ not required for a work to be copyrighted, but Debian requires the
+ copyright file include the authors and years of copyright, and including
+ a valid copyright notice is the best way to do that.
  .
  If the package is in the public domain rather than copyrighted, be sure
  to mention "public domain" in the copyright file.  Please be aware that

Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog	2008-02-20 00:32:56 UTC (rev 1222)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog	2008-02-20 18:02:53 UTC (rev 1223)
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
   * checks/control-files{.desc,}:
     + [FL] Warn about empty control files. I can't see any use for
       them. Exclude udebs though, since they might differ there.
-  * checks/copyright-file:
+  * checks/copyright-file{.desc,}:
     + [RA] Tests for copyright notices must be case-insensitive.  Patch
       from Chris Lamb.  (Closes: #464992)
     + [RA] When looking for cases where Copyright is separated from a year
       by a newline, also allow (C) before or after the newline.  Thanks,
       Michael Meskes.  (Closes: #465258)
+    + [RA] Further explain why lintian looks for a valid copyright notice.
+      (Closes: #466714)
   * checks/cruft{.desc,}:
     + [FL] Add hg to the list of <vcs>-control-dir tags.
     + [RA] In the long description of outdated-autotools-helper-file,