Follow-up Comment #13, task #16596 (group administration):
>> Please make sure that all copyrightable files include valid copyright and
>> license notices. Currently, files like npth/npth.spec.in don't.
>
> Just to make sure I get it right, is this about all copyrightable text files
> of all third-party libraries bundled in the tarball?
When a file is included in your tarball, it will be hosted on Savannah, so you
are responsible for its compliance with Savannah hosting requirements.
> You of course realize that if this is so, upgrading external libraries would
> become difficult, as we would always have to fix any and all new files they
> added with each update.
...unless someone convinces those libraries to follow good practices.
> The file you gave as an example is also part of GnuPG, so I wonder, does
> Savannah have stricter hosting requirements than gnupg.org?
To the best of my knowledge, gnupg.org doesn't offer hosting to third-party
packages, so the question isn't correct.
>> Thanks! The file miniupnpc/build/miniupnpcstrings.h refers to a short
>> permissive license instead of including it; could you fix that?
>
> Assuming you meant build/config-win32/miniupnpc/build/miniupnpcstrings.h, it
> won't be a problem to embed the BSD 3-Clause LICENCE file into that h file
> with the next tarball.
Yes; sorry for the mistake.
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