Stefano Zacchiroli <z...@debian.org> writes: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 09:10:05PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
>> Now Debian policy (section 12.5) says it should be stored in >> debian/copyright. > Right. For reference here is the relevant snippet from ยง12.5: > Packages in the _contrib_ or _non-free_ archive areas should state in > the copyright file that the package is not part of the Debian > distribution and briefly explain why. > and from Copyright Format 1.0: > Disclaimer > Formatted text, no synopsis: this field is used for non-free or > contrib packages to state that they are not part of Debian and to > explain why (see Debian Policy section 12.5). > Questions for my -policy friends: can I conclude from the above that the > Disclaimer field is to be used _only_ for contrib/non-free packages, and > only to explain the reason of their (transitive) non-free-ness? Or is > there a risk of overloading it for other reasons? (The current text > implies it is not, but the name is a bit generic, and I prefer safe over > sorry.) I believe the intent was for it to be used only for this purpose. It probably would have been better to give it a more unambiguous name. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87ha6jpnd2....@windlord.stanford.edu
