On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Daniel James <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The files you created get copyright automatically (in most >> jurisdictions) and the default license for copyrighted files is 'all >> rights reserved', meaning no-one can do anything at all with it while >> complying with the law. If you don't add a license, no-one who isn't >> willing to disobey the law can distribute your files, this includes >> Debian and mentors.debian.net. > > I was hoping that the wildcard line in the current debian/copyright: > > Files: * > > would also cover files under debian/ but if that's not the case, I can > add an explicit stanza for debian/* - no problem. It's often the case that someone who packages something for debian isn't directly involved upstream or is a member of upstream's organization, so although he/she may choose the same license as upstream for debian/*, the copyright line would be entirely different. I think that's why dh_make's default debian/copyright template has a separate stanza for debian/*, as well as pretty much every single package I've come across. I'd encourage you to explicitly add an additional stanza to cover debian/* even if you were upstream. Regards, Vincent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caczd_tcweicax79jnacqip1d-2htxidzs4zvb-q1bhbqoey...@mail.gmail.com
