On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 07:24:39AM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> diff --git a/policy/ch-archive.rst b/policy/ch-archive.rst
> index c429f71..72764a9 100644
> --- a/policy/ch-archive.rst
> +++ b/policy/ch-archive.rst
> @@ -183,10 +183,18 @@ In addition, the packages in *non-free*
> Copyright considerations
> ------------------------
>
> +Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its
> +distribution license in the file ``/usr/share/doc/package/copyright``.
> +
> Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright
> -information and distribution license in the file
> -``/usr/share/doc/package/copyright`` (see
> -:ref:`s-copyrightfile` for further details).
> +information, unless its distribution license explicitly permits this
> +information to be excluded from distributions of binaries built from
> +the source. In such cases, a verbatim copy of its copyright
> +information should normally still be included, but need not be if
> +creating and maintaining a copy of that information involves
> +significant time and effort.
> +
> +See :ref:`s-copyrightfile` for further details.
>
> We reserve the right to restrict files from being included anywhere in
> our archives if
> diff --git a/policy/ch-source.rst b/policy/ch-source.rst
> index 7c6c4e8..dc80243 100644
> --- a/policy/ch-source.rst
> +++ b/policy/ch-source.rst
> @@ -210,12 +210,13 @@ packages, please see :ref:`s-changelogs`.
> Copyright: ``debian/copyright``
> -------------------------------
>
> -Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright
> -information and distribution license in the file
> -``/usr/share/doc/package/copyright`` (see
> -:ref:`s-copyrightfile` for further details). Also see
> -:ref:`s-pkgcopyright` for further considerations related
> -to copyrights for packages.
> +Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its
> +distribution license in the file ``/usr/share/doc/package/copyright``.
> +
> +This file is usually required to contain a verbatim copy of the
> +package's copyright information, too; see :ref:`s-copyrightfile` and
> +:ref:`s-pkgcopyright` for details, and for further considerations
> +related to copyrights for packages.
seconded & thanks, Sean.
--
cheers,
Holger
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