Re: Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments

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From: Soren Stoutner <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments
Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 17:12:52 -0700
Message-ID: <8725885.NyiUUSuA9g@soren-desktop>
Organization: Debian
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On Tuesday, May 19, 2026 11:45:12=E2=80=AFPM Mountain Standard Time c.buhtz=
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wrote:
> Hello Soren,
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> thank you for clearing this for me. You gave me something to think about
> it.
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> Don't get me wrong. I don't believe your or want to argument against
> you.
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> Am 19.05.2026 22:31 schrieb Soren Stoutner:
> > It is important to understand what the DEP-5 debian/copyright file is
> > intending to communicate.
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>  From my point of view the format specs for this file do not contain this
> information.
> It appears to me as a technical document, not a policy. So I don't give
> much weight
> on it when it says I can sum up (and mix) the copyright statements.
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> > In other words, it communicates the following:
> > ...
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> That is nice! You should put that in the wiki or a policy document
> somehow.
> As an outsider I would like to see this as an official Debian statement
> or policy
> entry. But from my current understanding of the discussion and knowledge
> of the policy this is not the case. I only have some arguments from
> individual
> persons; very good arguments. But Debian is not one person.
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> Maybe you have an idea how to improve the policy in this way? Or maybe
> the info is just there and I do miss(understand) the section?

This is the current practice of Debian and is generally understood by almos=
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everyone involved in Debian packaging.  I would applaud any efforts to impr=
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the documentation to make this easier to understand for outsiders or those =
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to Debian packaging.  Feel free to reuse or publish what I have written her=
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anywhere you think is helpful.

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Soren Stoutner
[email protected]
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