Bug#322120: apt: No documentation available on use of release signatures? (No apt-secure(8)?)

[Isaac Jones <ijones@syntaxpolice.org>]

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org> writes:

> tags 322120 patch
> thanks
>
> On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 11:34:17AM +0200, Michael Vogt wrote:
>> It would be nice if you could write a manpage (preferably in XML like
>> the other man pages). 
>
> Ok. How about the attached patch? It might need a little bit of 
> proofreading but I believe the facts are straight. It also needs
> clearance from the people that wrote the online documentation
> I based on it (in CC:) since they don't provide a copyright in the manpage.
>
> Issac, Colin, and Florian, could you please relicense your documents
> using the GPL so we can include this manpage in the Apt sources?
> [ Note: I don't know who to give credit for http://wiki.debian.net/?apt06
> and there is no license statement in Debian's kwiki, what should we do
> about that? ]

Colin and I consider that document to be under the 3-clause BSD
license, so you should be able to use it with no problems... except
that you should spell my name right if you mention me ;)

Please use and abuse that document for whatever it is worth!

peace,

  isaac