retitle 777583 incorrect debian/copyright for smartmontools violates Debian policy severity 777583 serious thanks
Giuseppe Iuculano <iucul...@debian.org> writes: > The README file says: > > == COPYING == > Copyright (C) 2002-9 Bruce Allen > <smartmontools-supp...@lists.sourceforge.net> > Copyright (C) 2004-14 Christian Franke > <smartmontools-supp...@lists.sourceforge.net> > > This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it > under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the > Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any > later version. And in contrast, debian/copyright has this: > License: > > You are free to distribute this software under the terms of the GNU General > Public License Version 2. The full text of this license can be found in the > file /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 Section 12.5 of Debian policy states: Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright information and distribution license in the file /usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright. Now, compare the README to debian/copyright. Does that look like a "verbatim copy" to you? If so, perhaps you should look up "verbatim" in a dictionary, e.g. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verbatim> "Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally." I must say, I find your responses to this clear violation of Debian policy quite disconcerting, especially given how easy it would be to fix the problem. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
