Bug#678607: debian-policy: "original authors" in 12.5 is unclear
Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
> I'm not sure why Jonathan thinks his patch is a strawman. It addresses
> the main issue of this bug. I don't think the explanation of what an
> upstream contact is needs to be relegated to a footnote. So I am
> seeking seconds for the following patch, which uses Jonathan's wording:
> diff --git a/policy.xml b/policy.xml
> index ce5960b..725a951 100644
> --- a/policy.xml
> +++ b/policy.xml
> @@ -11777,8 +11777,12 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY</programlisting>
> </para>
> <para>
> In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream
> - sources (if any) were obtained, and should name the original
> - authors.
> + sources (if any) were obtained, and should include a name or
> + contact address for the upstream authors. This can be the
> + name of an individual or an organization, an email address, a
> + web forum or bugtracker, or any other means to unambiguously
> + identify who to contact to participate in the development of
> + the upstream source code.
> </para>
> <para>
> Packages in the <emphasis>contrib</emphasis> or
Seconded. This looks good to me.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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