Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> writes: > I wish that you'd not make this argument, since it strikes me as a > non sequitur and I keep stumbling over it. Just because the Debian > developer has done something does not place upon them an obligation > to document that work for other people unless there's some > compelling reason why we should *also* require the documentation.
The compelling reason is this: knowing one's rights is an essential part of freedom. > To me, this reads like saying "every Debian maintainer should have > installed the package on a local test system before upload, so it's > incumbent upon them to include the typescript of that installation > in the package in case some user would find that useful." The second > part just doesn't follow from the first. Agreed. The difference is that the information in ‘debian/copyright’ is there, in part, to effectively grant rights to the recipient such that they know they have those specific rights. -- \ “On the other hand, you have different fingers.” —Steven Wright | `\ | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
