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Bug#566220: [PATCH] Clarify “copyright and distribution license”



On moandei 8 Febrewaris 2010, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> index 76ac0d4..ea3ed35 100644
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -569,8 +569,8 @@
>         <heading>Copyright considerations</heading>
>  
>         <p>
> -         Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of
> -         its copyright and distribution license in the file
> +         Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its
> +         copyright information and distribution license in the file
>           <file>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var>/copyright</file>
>           (see <ref id="copyrightfile"> for further details).
>         </p>
> @@ -1638,8 +1638,8 @@
>        <sect id="dpkgcopyright">
>         <heading>Copyright: <file>debian/copyright</file></heading>
>          <p>
> -          Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of
> -         its copyright and distribution license in the file
> +         Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its
> +         copyright information and distribution license in the file
>           <file>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var>/copyright</file>
>           (see <ref id="copyrightfile"> for further details). Also see
>           <ref id="pkgcopyright"> for further considerations related
> @@ -9108,7 +9108,7 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
>  
>         <p>
>           Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its
> -         copyright and distribution license in the file
> +         copyright information and distribution license in the file
>           <file>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var>/copyright</file>. This
>           file must neither be compressed nor be a symbolic link.
>         </p>
> -- 
> 1.7.0.rc1

I second this proposed change, as I believe it better reflects widespread 
current practice.


cheers,
Thijs

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