Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@ubuntu.com> writes: > Russ Allbery wrote: > > So then, to answer Don's original question, I think the use case > > is "know the license of the package in more detail than what is > > guaranteed by the DFSG." Which is basically what you said. > > We provide the full license text in debian/copyright, or > alternatively, point to a file in /usr/share/common-licenses/ that > contains it, so I think that is good enough. Yes, for that purpose, the current contents are good enough. I was answering Don's request on the assumption that he is seeking all relevant requirements for ‘debian/copyright’, whether we currently specify them or not. > If what you propose is that we should *explain* what the license > means for every package in main in debian/copyright, then I > disagree. That's also my position; the license text verbatim is enough. -- \ “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking | `\ they don't have any.” —Alice Walker | _o__) | Ben Finney
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