On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:43:10 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > The debian/copyright file is intended for clearly documenting the > licensing status of source packages, not the effective licenses of > binary packages built from them. [...]
Mmmmh, I wrote this too fast, on the basis of what was said in the cited bug log (#694657)... :-( But I've just remembered another thread about this same issue: https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2013/01/msg00007.html (with all its direct and indirect replies) In that thread it is claimed that the Debian Policy is to be interpreted as requiring that the licensing status of *binary* packages be documented. However, in practice, it turns out that this is not always done thoroughly, whenever the binary licensing differs from the source licensing... :-/ -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ fsck is a four letter word... ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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