Re: The copyright checking question

2020-01-04 Thread Michael Lustfield
One of the things that attracts me to Debian the most is it's consistency. We all tend to follow a standardized policy and have tools to make sure the policy is followed. This means we've collectively built a system that we all (generally) agree on. The benefit to this is that I'm still able to

Re: The copyright checking question

2019-12-31 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Dec 30 2019, Steven Robbins wrote: > In another thread, Russ Allbery makes a salient observation [1]: > > Requiring ftpmasters to [review debian/copyright before accepting an > upload] is a choice that Debian has made. Maybe it's the right choice, > but other choices

The copyright checking question

2019-12-29 Thread Steven Robbins
In another thread, Russ Allbery makes a salient observation [1]: Requiring ftpmasters to [review debian/copyright before accepting an upload] is a choice that Debian has made. Maybe it's the right choice, but other choices exist, and other entities make different choices. Russ