On 22-Feb-2002 Bill Allombert wrote: > Hello, > > Policy 13.6 state that > > 13.6 Copyright information > > Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and > distribution license in the file /usr/share/doc/package/copyright. This > file > must neither be compressed nor be a symbolic link. > > This leads to the impression that each .deb should contains a copyright file > , > but it is not true because it later state that > > /usr/share/doc/package may be a symbolic link to another directory in > /usr/share/doc only if the two packages both come from the same source and > the first package Depends on the second. These rules are important because > copyrights must be extractable by mechanical means. > > Maybe clarification should be added to the first sentence ? >
If paragraph four of 13.6 (the you may symlink if you share the same source and depend clause) is moved up to be paragraph 2 or joined with paragraph one the statements would be more clear and concise. A quick reading of 13.6 leads one to believe the rule is rigid and without options.
