Re: License and copyright in description

[Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>]

Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 10:10:27AM +0100, Edward Betts wrote:
> > # 2.3.3. The description of a package
> > # -----------------------------------
> > #      Copyright statements and
> > #      other administrivia should not be included either (that is what the
> > #      copyright file is for).
> > The description for lsh-utils begins:
> > Description: A Secure Shell v2 (SSH2) protocol implementation -- server
> >  lsh is GNU GPL'd implementation of the Secure Shell
> >  protocol version 2 (SSH2). The SSH (Secure SHell) protocol
> >  is a secure replacement for rlogin, rsh and rcp.
> 
> A copyright statement looks like:
> 
> 	``Copyright (c) 2001 Anthony Towns''
> 
> If the license is particularly relevant to the package (as in the case of
> ssh v lsh v ssh-nonfree), it's appropriate for the description.

Thanks for the clarification.

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