Bug#1017588: Your autotools copyright question
- To: Michel Alexandre Salim <michel@michel-slm.name>
- Cc: 1017588@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#1017588: Your autotools copyright question
- From: Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org>
- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:13:00 +0200
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Am 19.08.22 um 03:41 schrieb Michel Alexandre Salim:
Quick question (applies to drgn, not libkdumpfile) - if the tarball
contains some m4 rules copied verbatim from autotools, do I have to list
them in d/copyright?
The answer is tricky: Per Debian Policy you have to include every license that appears.
You do not have to include the Copyright statements because the files are not a compiled part of the binary.
Legally, it is okay to leave the licenses out of d/copyright and I have never seen ftpmaster reject a package because
the FSF All Permissive License was missing. I do not think there is an official exception for it but there is certainly
an unwritten exception.
So the official answer is: include them. The unofficial answer is: it is okay not to.
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