Bug#368130: grep "59 Temple St" /usr/bin/*
Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist
Many programs in /usr/bin have GNU's _old_ address hardwired in:
$ cd /usr/bin
$ fgrep --files-with-matches '59 Temple Place' *|wc -l
179
$ fgrep --files-with-matches Temple *|wc -l
187
And that's just on my machine.
$ fgrep --files-with-matches Mass *|wc -l
40 #An even older address, Mass Ave.
It must be because policy doesn't say anything about sticking
copyright notices in the /usr/[s]bin/file, only about
/usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright .
Therefore policy should say not to put copyright notices in
/usr/[s]bin/* or at least not office addresses that will get stale.
Instead when one does
$ some_program --view-copyright
the output should say to see /usr/share/common-licenses/...
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