Bug#487201: MPL in common-licenses and convenience of packaging mozilla extensions
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:36:45AM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Allowing debian/copyright to rely on files _other_ than the common
> licenses in base-files would be a larger and different change, so
> off-topic for this bug. Unless done carefully, I don't think it's a
> good idea.
And FWIW, since I haven't seen it stated in this bug thread as yet, the
reason I've always seen for that restriction is that allowing such
external references makes it more difficult for ftpmaster to review
licences of new packages, and it's in the project's interest to allow
them to do that efficiently.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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