Bug#556015: debian-policy: Clarify requirements for copyright file

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 08:46:21PM -0800, Russ Allbery a écrit :

> +	  If a source package produces
> +	  binary packages with separate copyright files (if, for instance,
> +	  different binary packages produced from one source package have
> +	  substantially different distribution licenses), it may include
> +	  multiple copyright files for installation into the different
> +	  binary packages, but <file>debian/copyright</file> in the source
> +	  package must still contain the copyright and distribution
> +	  license for the entirety of the source package.

Hi all,

I wonder if this is not an additional requirement to the current practice. Some
of the constraints on debian/copyright are justified by the fact that it
facilitates NEW processing. However, I have never read an objection on
debian-devel or debian-devel-announce about having the debian/copyright file
split later.

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan