Re: Fixing old-fsf-address-in-copyright-file
Ben Finney wrote:
> If we distribute a package with ‘debian/copyright’ so that it
> deliberately differs from upstream in this regard, are we not
> violating policy §12.5 “Every package must be accompanied by a
> verbatim copy of its copyright and distribution license in the file
> `/usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright'.”?
>
IANAL, but I don't think the address is part of the license. I believe
the address can be changed to reflect the correct information, if the
rest of the license information is kept.
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