Bug#975250: clarify gathering together of copyright information

2020-11-19 Thread Russ Allbery
Marc Haber writes: > But what if file A says > | Copyright 2008 John Smith > | Copyright 2005-2015 Angela Watts > and file B has: > | Copyright 2010 Angela Watts > Can this be gathered together to: > | Copyright 2008 John Smith > | Copyright 2005-2015 Angela Watts I'm fairly sure

Bug#975250: clarify gathering together of copyright information

2020-11-19 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Thu 19 Nov 2020 at 05:07PM +01, Marc Haber wrote: > /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/copyright-format-1.0.txt.gz says > > |The Copyright field collects all relevant copyright notices for the files > |of this paragraph. Not all copyright notices may apply to every > individual > |

Bug#975250: clarify gathering together of copyright information

2020-11-19 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.5.0.3 Severity: minor Hi, /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/copyright-format-1.0.txt.gz says |The Copyright field collects all relevant copyright notices for the files |of this paragraph. Not all copyright notices may apply to every individual |file, and