Bug#608324: please add Affero license to /usr/share/common-licenses

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

tags 608324 + wontfix
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On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 05:30:59PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:
> reassign 608324 debian-policy
> thanks
> 
> On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Ana Guerrero wrote:
> 
> > Package: base-files
> > Version: 6.0
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have seen you did recently an update of the licenses from
> > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses/ but you did not include the Affero
> > license http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses/agpl-3.0.txt
> > Could you please add it?

Hello Ana, 
licenses are only added to /usr/share/common-licenses when there are a sufficient
proportion of packages under that license. The AGPL is far from that.

See the thread <http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2010/06/msg00099.html>

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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