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| From | Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.policy |
| Subject | Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference |
| Date | 2025-11-18 14:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <LSufM-dTxM-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <LStWp-dTpF-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <LStWp-dTpF-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 02:25:02PM +0100, Bastian Germann wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: normal > > Footnote [9] in chapter 12 says: > > """ > The University of California BSD license is also included in base-files as > /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD, but given the brevity of this license, its > specificity to code whose copyright is held by the Regents of the University > of California, and the frequency of minor wording changes, its text should > be included in the copyright file rather than referencing this file. > """ > > Currently, there is only one package left referencing this file: #1105873. > Please remove this part of the footnote so the file can finally be removed. Hello. Would it make sense to change that to a "must" as an intermediate step? Thanks.
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Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org> - 2025-11-18 14:30 +0100
Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-11-18 14:50 +0100
Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-11-18 14:50 +0100
Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-11-18 15:20 +0100
Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-11-18 15:50 +0100
Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-11-18 16:40 +0100
Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-11-18 17:20 +0100
Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-11-18 14:50 +0100
Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-11-18 15:10 +0100
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