Bug#884006: copyright-format: Documenting copyrights not in source package but in binary package

[Yao Wei <mwei@lxde.org>]

Hi Sean,

Built-Using doesn't contain copyright notice and license info, for example Expat has the following clause:

  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

Yao Wei

On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 at 09:47 Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> wrote:

Hello Yao,

On Tue, Dec 12 2017, Yao Wei wrote:

> My problem is roughly case 1 (and for me, to solve case 2). However as
> a requirement of some licenses the file must come with the copyright
> notice, and I am afraid if generates files which it's source comes
> from another package cannot comply with such requirements.

Can you explain why the Built-Using: field doesn't satisfy this?  AIUI,
this case is precisely what the Built-Using: field is for.

(I thought that this wasn't an issue with the Expat license, anyway;
only the GPL, but I'm not sure)

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Sean Whitton