Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: > Joerg Jaspert wrote: >>>>> The real problem here is that FTP masters require the list of copyright >>>>> holders to be up-to-date each time the package goes through NEW. >>>>> Whatever justification exists for this requirement, I???m starting to find >>>>> it unacceptable. If a package has to go through NEW, it takes about >>>>> twice as much time to update this list than to do the actual packaging >>>>> work. >>>>> Why is this list needed? >>>> Often the license requires it. For instance the BSD license says, >>>> "Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright". > > *binary*
But we do distribute binaries in the debs - and debian/copyright is not only for the source but also ends up in the deb. Grüße/Regards, René -- .''`. René Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~rene/ `. `' r...@debian.org | GnuPG-Key ID: 248AEB73 `- Fingerprint: 41FA F208 28D4 7CA5 19BB 7AD9 F859 90B0 248A EB73 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
