Re: copyright file in .deb
On 22-Feb-2002 Bill Allombert wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Policy 13.6 state that
>
> 13.6 Copyright information
>
> Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and
> distribution license in the file /usr/share/doc/package/copyright. This
> file
> must neither be compressed nor be a symbolic link.
>
> This leads to the impression that each .deb should contains a copyright file
> ,
> but it is not true because it later state that
>
> /usr/share/doc/package may be a symbolic link to another directory in
> /usr/share/doc only if the two packages both come from the same source and
> the first package Depends on the second. These rules are important because
> copyrights must be extractable by mechanical means.
>
> Maybe clarification should be added to the first sentence ?
>
If paragraph four of 13.6 (the you may symlink if you share the same source and
depend clause) is moved up to be paragraph 2 or joined with paragraph one the
statements would be more clear and concise. A quick reading of 13.6 leads one
to believe the rule is rigid and without options.
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