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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: lintian: [checks/copyright-file] Overstatement about years and authors in copyright-without-copyright-notice?
- From: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:43:53 +0900
- Message-id: <20090713004353.15545.38625.reportbug@aqwa.igloo>
Package: lintian
Version: 2.2.13
Severity: normal
Greetings, Lintian maintainers.
I just read the following from Lintian:
W: copyright-without-copyright-notice
N: Debian requires the
N: copyright file include the authors and years of copyright
After checking Policy § 12.5 (Copyright information), I could not find such a
requirement to dig in the details:
‘Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and
distribution license’
In my understanding, if Upstream does not indicate years, then there is no
requirement in Debian to investigate this and provide a complement of
information. Moreover, the copyright holder is not necessary the author, it is
often his employer, so listing the authors when they do not hold the copyright
does not seem to be requested as the Lintian warning suggests.
Have a nice day,
-- Charles Plessy, Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan.
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