Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-15 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Fri 10 Apr 2020 at 10:45PM +02, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Tue, 2020-04-07 at 17:18:27 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: >> On Wed 08 Apr 2020 at 01:18AM +02, Guillem Jover wrote: >> >> +The copyright information for files in a package must be copied >> >> +verbatim into ``/usr/share/doc/packag

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-10 Thread Guillem Jover
On Tue, 2020-04-07 at 17:18:27 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > On Wed 08 Apr 2020 at 01:18AM +02, Guillem Jover wrote: > >> +The copyright information for files in a package must be copied > >> +verbatim into ``/usr/share/doc/package/copyright``, when > > ^ Shouldn't

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-10 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 +pending Hello, On Sun 05 Apr 2020 at 05:54PM -07, Sean Whitton wrote: > Here's a patch for seconding, and for the FTP Team to approve. Thanks > to Scott for prompting the "all copies" amendation. FTP Team approval happened at today's team meeting: http://meetbot.debian.net/deb

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-07 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Wed 08 Apr 2020 at 01:18AM +02, Guillem Jover wrote: >> +The copyright information for files in a package must be copied >> +verbatim into ``/usr/share/doc/package/copyright``, when > ^ Shouldn't this and other instances > of "package" be marked as repl

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-07 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Tue 07 Apr 2020 at 08:03PM -04, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 7:18:42 PM EDT Guillem Jover wrote: >> > +#. the distribution license for those files requires that copyright >> > + information be included in all copies and/or binary distributions; >> >> I'm assuming

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-07 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 7:18:42 PM EDT Guillem Jover wrote: > > +#. the distribution license for those files requires that copyright > > + information be included in all copies and/or binary distributions; > > I'm assuming the entire list is supposed to hold at the same time? If > so perhaps a

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-07 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Sun, 2020-04-05 at 17:54:01 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > Here's a patch for seconding, and for the FTP Team to approve. Thanks > to Scott for prompting the "all copies" amendation. > diff --git a/policy/ch-archive.rst b/policy/ch-archive.rst > index b8ba081..4217dd4 100644 > --- a/policy/

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-05 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 + patch Hello, On Thu 26 Mar 2020 at 09:57AM -07, Sean Whitton wrote: > The relevant parts of Policy to update are ยงยง 2.3, 4.5 and 12.5. Here's a patch for seconding, and for the FTP Team to approve. Thanks to Scott for prompting the "all copies" amendation. There could probab

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-04 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sat, 04 Apr 2020 14:36:57 -0700 Sean Whitton wrote: > Hello Scott, > > On Thu 26 Mar 2020 at 03:01PM -04, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > > On Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:31:31 PM EDT Scott Kitterman wrote: > >> 4. License requires copyright notice but doesn't specify anything about > >> source o

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-04 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Scott, On Thu 26 Mar 2020 at 03:01PM -04, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:31:31 PM EDT Scott Kitterman wrote: >> 4. License requires copyright notice but doesn't specify anything about >> source or binary (didn't look for an example, but I can totally see this >> hap

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-01 Thread Sam Hartman
No, I missed this. We're on the same page.

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-01 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Sam, On Wed 01 Apr 2020 at 05:11AM -04, Sam Hartman wrote: > I think there is another use of debian/copyright beyond just documenting > what ends up in the binaries. > I think that if I read debian/copyright in a source package, I should > expect to understand the licenses I need to comply

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-04-01 Thread Sam Hartman
I think there is another use of debian/copyright beyond just documenting what ends up in the binaries. I think that if I read debian/copyright in a source package, I should expect to understand the licenses I need to comply with when dealing with the source package. So for example if the package

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-03-26 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:31:31 PM EDT Scott Kitterman wrote: > 4. License requires copyright notice but doesn't specify anything about > source or binary (didn't look for an example, but I can totally see this > happening): I think this case is unclear with your revised wording. With > the c

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-03-26 Thread Scott Kitterman
On March 26, 2020 4:57:12 PM UTC, Sean Whitton wrote: >Package: debian-policy >Version: 4.5.0.0 >User: debian-pol...@packages.debian.org >Usertags: normative discussion >X-debbugs-cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org, ftpmas...@debian.org > >Scott has provided a useful summary of what the FTP Team

Bug#955005: Relax requirements to copy copyright notices into d/copyright

2020-03-26 Thread Sean Whitton
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.5.0.0 User: debian-pol...@packages.debian.org Usertags: normative discussion X-debbugs-cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org, ftpmas...@debian.org Scott has provided a useful summary of what the FTP Team require when it comes to copyright information, and as another F