Re: Goals of debian/copyright
Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> writes:
> There has been some discussion on debian policy, but the conclusion was
> that the repackaging of upstream source need to be mentionned in
> debian/copyright when it affects the copyright status of the package,
> not always.
That doesn't match my recollection of the discussions.
I believe the provenance of the upstream source needs to be described in
debian/copyright regardless of whether or not copyright issues are
involved. Documenting the location of the upstream source is called out
in Policy as a separate purpose for debian/copyright independent of
copyright and licensing terms.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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