Bill Allombert <bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> writes: > So we already allow packages to reference other packages for license > informations.
With the important requirement that the referenced package that contains the license information must also be installed on every system where the referring package is installed (because of a ‘Depends’ relationship). > Binary package referencing its source package for detailed license > information is not quite a stretch. Since this loses the above relationship, it's a stretch too far. I consider it vital that *every* recipient of the package can easily find out the license terms, and that's best satisfied by having them installed as a predictably-located file along with the package in every instance. -- \ “Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “I think so, | `\ Brain, but what if the hippopotamus won't wear the beach | _o__) thong?” —_Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
