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On Oct 20, 2013 11:29 AM, "Robert Collins" <robertc at robertcollins.net>
wrote:
>
> On 20 October 2013 02:35, Monty Taylor <mordred at inaugust.com> wrote:
>
> > However, even as a strong supporter of accurate license headers, I would
> > like to know more about the FTP masters issue. I dialog with them, as
> > folks who deal with this issue and its repercutions WAY more than any of
> > us might be really nice.
>
> Debian takes it's responsibilities under copyright law very seriously.
> The integrity of the debian/copyright metadata is checked on the first
> upload for a package (and basically not thereafter, which is either
> convenient or pragmatic or a massive hole in rigour depending on your
> point of view. The goal is to ensure that a) the package is in the
> right repository in Debian (main vs nonfree) and b) that Debian can
> redistribute it and c) that downstreams of Debian who decide to use
> the package can confidently do so. Files with differing redistribution
> licenses that aren't captured in debian/copyright are an issue for c);
> files with different authors and the same redistribution licence
> aren't a problem for a/b/c *but* the rules the FTP masters enforce
> don't make that discrimination: the debian/copyright file needs to be
> a concordance of both copyright holders and copyright license.
>
> Personally, I think it should really only be a concordance of
> copyright licenses, and the holders shouldn't be mentioned, but thats
> not the current project view.

http://ftp-master.metadata.debian.org/changelogs//main/l/linux/linux_3.11.5-1_copyright

Not even the kernel itself has a complete list of all the copyright owners.

best,
Joe

sent on the go

>
> -Rob
>
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> Robert Collins <rbtcollins at hp.com>
> Distinguished Technologist
> HP Converged Cloud
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