Russ Allbery wrote: > I think the core question is: why is base-files special? Yes, it's > essential and all, but that doesn't address the case of packages being > downloaded separate from Debian, or unpacked by hand, in which case we > don't include a license. If we're legally fine with that, I'm having a > hard time seeing the clear distinction between that and a dependency > on another package including the license.
> Surely this has been discussed before? I don't remember seeing it on > the debian-policy list since I started working on Policy. There's a fairly lengthy discussion starting at http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2000/11/msg00235.html -M- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120508174927.ga9...@golux.woodcraft.me.uk
