CommonPackagingMistakes updated -- notes about debian/copyright

[Scott Ritchie]

On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 11:03 +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 11:47:58PM +0200, Stefan Potyra wrote:
> > Usually you'll need to list the different licenses as well in 
> > debian/copyright.
> 
> "Usually"?  Can you give an example of a case where the different licences
> *wouldn't* have to be listed in debian/copyright?
That's simple - some licenses allow you to change the license!  For
example:  "This software is available under license A if you get it from
the author, however license A does not have redistribution rights.
However, you may redistribute it under license B, which does" -- we
wouldn't need to mention license A in debian/copyright, as all we would
be concerned about is the redistributable license that all of us have.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie