Bug#883950: Next steps on "[GPL-3+]" proposal

[Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>]

On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 07:29:48PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> I agree that we should probably add /usr/share/common-licenses to the
> default motd.  Currently, we say:
> 
>     The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free
>     software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described
>     in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
> 
> and could just add something like:
> 
>     The full texts of common licenses used by multiple packages can be
>     found in /usr/share/common-licenses.

Just a straw poll: who sees /etc/motd these days?  My system (probably
in common with many many users) boots into a graphical environment; I
only see the motd in the case that I ssh into my machine.  So I'm
against removing the 'see /u/s/common-licenses' type wording in the
copyright file, unless the copyright file is no longer intended for
humans to be able to read and understand.

Best wishes,

   Julian