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Re: Debian copyright file and contributors



Hi,

The simplest way is to modify automatically generated copyright file:

 $ licensecheck -r --deb-machine . >> debian/copyright

On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 06:04:03PM -0400, Tong Sun wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> What is the simplest way to put all contributors into the Debian copyright file?
> 
> I know the hardest way is associate each with their corresponding
> change files, but for popular projects, the Debian copyright file
> would be unnecessarily HUGE.
> 
> Would this be acceptable? Especially for those that contribute scarcely?
> 
> Files: *
> Copyright:
>   Alexandre Viau <alexandre@alexandreviau.net>, Copyright 2015
>   Alexandre Viau <alexandre@alexandreviau.net>, Copyright 2018
>   Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>, Copyright 2015
>   Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>, Copyright 2016
>   Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>, Copyright 2018
>   ...
>   zhsj <zsj950618@gmail.com>, Copyright 2017
>   zhsj <zsj950618@gmail.com>, Copyright 2019
> 
> Detailed example appreciated. thx.


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