Paul Wise <[email protected]> writes: > Seems obvious to me that it is asking you to update the debian > copyright file only.
That will satisfy Lintian, yes, but only because Lintian can't reasonably test whether the upstream license grant matches what's in the ‘debian/copyright’. > Common sense seems to indicate that you should also communicate with > your upstream and ask them to change the address where they mention > it. After updating the ‘debian/copyright’, upstream will take an unknown period of time to update their license grant text to match; some may never do it. During that period, it would nevertheless be desirable to upload new Debian releases of the package when needed. If we distribute a package with ‘debian/copyright’ so that it deliberately differs from upstream in this regard, are we not violating policy §12.5 “Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and distribution license in the file `/usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright'.”? I don't know if I'm content with package maintainers deciding on behalf of upstream to re-word their license grant texts. -- \ “Crime is contagious… if the government becomes a lawbreaker, | `\ it breeds contempt for the law.” —Justice Louis Brandeis | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
