Ben Finney dijo [Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 05:27:04PM +1000]: > > In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream > > sources (if any) were obtained. *It should name the original > > authors of the package and the Debian maintainer(s) who were > > involved with its creation.* > > Recording in the ‘debian/copyright’ the URL where the original source > was obtained makes sense. > > I don't see why ‘debian/copyright’ needs to “name the Debian > maintainer(s) who were involved with its creation”; surely the best > location for that is the already-mandatory package maintainer data on > entries in ‘debian/changelog’.
However, having the maintainer name in debian/copyright does not only serve the identification purpose - It also says under which licensing scheme are the modifications licensed. And yes, this _is_ taken into account with the proposed format - By using the «Files: debian/*» section. Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - gw...@gwolf.org - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
