Re: Bug#566220: [PATCH] Clarify "verbatim copy of its copyright and distribution license"

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com> writes:

> Clarify what is meant by "verbatim copy of its copyright and
> distribution license" to be explicit about what Debian has always
> required for this file, to put to rest the silly arguments that this
> should be parsed as "(copyright and distribution) license".

I'm discussing it on debian-devel precisely because I want to know
*which* interpretation is the project's understanding. I don't think a
fiat “clarification” to Policy is justified without that.

> If someone wants to argue that Policy should *not* require reproducing
> the copyright notices when this is not required by the license, let
> them argue that Policy should be changed rather than wrongly claiming
> it's not a Policy requirement.

When raising the issue here in the past, I've been told (most recently,
by Russ) to discuss it on debian-devel first, to get the position of the
ftpmasters, before asking for such a change.

Please, don't try to short-circuit the discussion that's been requested.

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Ben Finney