On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 08:43:27AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 06:50:57AM +0000, Bart Martens wrote: > > > For the packages I maintain, I now refrain from doing so when the > > > contents of > > > the debian directory are trivial. > > > > I guess you don't bother to claim copyright for trivial debian/* files. > > > > When there is no copyright and license information for the debian/* files, > > then > > this can mean different things. > > From my perspective according to DEP5 it can only mean one thing: The > license is the same as specified in "Files: *" and you blame the > copyright holder mentioned in this stanca as copyright holder also for > debian/*.
That would be a fair assumption, but as long as the author of the debian/* files hasn't stated this, it's an assumption. > The latter is no problem for simple debian/* dirs and using > the same license as the code seems to be reasonable anyway. Sure, for simplicity it's best to use the same license. Regards, Bart Martens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130110173635.ga28...@master.debian.org
