Debian Policy Manual 3.5.6 says (emphasis mine) <snip>
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. [...] Packages distributed under the UCB BSD license, the Artistic license, the GNU GPL, and the GNU LGPL should _refer_ to the files /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD, /usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic, /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, and /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL respectively, _rather_ _than_ _quoting_ them in the copyright file. </snip> Should the above be read as: "Quote the copyright exactly as stated by the author, /except/ when the copyright is GPL (etc.); /when/ the copyright is GPL, refer to /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL (etc.), instead of quoting the author" ? -- Jens Peter Secher | http://www.diku.dk/~jpsecher OpenPGP fingerprint: | | CAE0 8F31 FD48 1E12 1FAF 5674 250F 2C8B 0437 9F48 |