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Re: Fix FSF address in copyright notices?



On Wed, 11 May 2011 14:57:18 +1000
Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> wrote:

> Matt Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org> writes:
> 
> > Some of the copyright notices in a package I'm trying to create
> > refer to the old address of the FSF and lintian warns about it.
> > Should I fix this address?  If so, should I fix it in both the
> > copyright file and the source code?  Or in only one place?
> 
> Yes, fix it in both places. Send a patch to upstream fixing it in
> their code base; use that patch yourself in your Debian packaging
> while you wait for them to act on it.
> 
> Thanks for attending to this detail.

Erm, are you sure? I was under the impression we don't touch upstreams
(C) notices.
kk

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