Hello Wilmer, On Fri 02 Feb 2018 at 05:44AM GMT, Wilmer van der Gaast wrote:
> Please quote the part of > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/#copyright-information that > says "every single file must be mentioned in the copyright file". I > don't see it there nor would I see the point as per-file info is best > off stored in those very files. > > Let me know if there's something actually serious like a *licence* not > being accounted for, or a (significant) author or group of authors (that > is not the currently mentioned me/dx/BitlBee team or Gaim team) not > mentioned. You're correct that it is not the case that every single file must be mentioned. And /completely/ precise information about what "portions of code a license refers to" is not required. For example, if a file contains code under multiple licenses, you do not have to give the line numbers, just say that the file is under (e.g.) "GPL-2+ and MPL-2.0". However, every single copyright holder must be given in d/copyright, including the years for which they hold copyright, per [1] and Policy 2.3, "every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright information." Indeed, Policy was clarified in response to [1], in release 4.3.0. I'm not going to bounce the bug severity again, but if Michael is right that all not copyright holders are listed, then this is RC. [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/10/msg00004.html -- Sean Whitton
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