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Re: Bug#65577: [Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is not a part of Debian distribution



On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 08:04:11PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > Below is a revised patch that puts the text into section 12.5 instead of
> > here and simplifies the language a little.  I think the major open
> > question is how to handle the fact that it makes contrib and non-free
> > packages instabuggy; this is a real chicken and egg sort of thing.  I
> > can see a few options:
> >
> > * Live with the instabuggy problem at the should level.

I think this is fine.  The bugs will be fixed in time, and there's no
real hurry IMO.  It's just something that would be good in the long run.

If a package is only buggy in this respect, the bugs can (and will, I'm
sure) be ignored for important things.

> > Preferences?  Comments?  And if you agree with the first option, seconds?

I second the proposed patch.

Thanks,
Bas

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