Re: Draft GR: Simplification of license and copyright requirements for the Debian packages.
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 11:47:41PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> a significant part of the time dedicated to make and update Debian packages is
> spent in making an exhaustive inventory of the copyright attributions of the
> distributed work, and to clean the upstream original sources from files that
> have no impact on the binary packages we distribute. After a couple of years
> spent as a Debian developer, my personal conclusion that this time could be
> better spent for other efforts. I therefore propose to make these
> practices optional. Since it is a major change in our traditions, I propose
> to make a GR to make sure that there is a consensus.
>
> 1) The copyright attributions.
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I'm not saying I agree or disagree, but does this really really really
need a GR?
--
The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters
works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is
trying to fool the system.
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html
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