* Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>, 2011-11-29, 09:07:
<p> In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream - sources (if any) were obtained. It should name the original - authors of the package and the Debian maintainer(s) who were - involved with its creation. + sources (if any) were obtained, and should name the original + authors. </p>
Seconded. I've never understood why the initial packagers are special-cased.
Dear Cate and everybody,so far, there are five persons seconding the removal of the above requirement, including three formal seconders.
s/five/six/, s/three/four/. :) -- Jakub Wilk