Ben Finney <ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au> writes: > Don Armstrong <d...@debian.org> writes:
>> 6) Documentation for users about usability of packages in non-free >> (IE, non-commercial, non-modifiable, etc.) > Why restrict this point to non-free? I think it's important for users of > *all* software to have easy, predictably-located access to the terms > under which they receive it. > > 6) Documentation for users about all terms for works distributed > in Debian. > > Unless you're trying to draw an IMO non-existent line between someone > who would never need to exercise the terms of the work, and different > people who would. I read this part as encapsulating the current Policy requirement that packages in contrib and non-free use debian/copyright to document why they're not in main. Speaking of which, the other requirement we have is: 8) Provide information about the upstream maintainer and upstream location of the software for non-native software, including any necessary repackaging of upstream source for Debian's purposes. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
