CommonPackagingMistakes updated -- notes about debian/copyright

[Matthew Palmer]

On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 03:59:21PM -0700, Scott Ritchie wrote:
> 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.

Your example reduces to "you don't have to mention a licence that doesn't
apply", which should be a pretty obvious guideline.

- Matt