[csw-maintainers] License / copyright files in packages

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi,

Am 10.11.2010 um 16:49 schrieb Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski:
>> b) it contains a reference to the full copyright file. That file
>> should live under /opt/csw/share/doc somewhere.
>
> What if the file contains more than one reference to a file in
> /otp/csw/share/doc?  Is it allowed?  Is the file allowed to contain
> text other than the reference?  How much of it is allowed?
>
>> Note that it may NOT always be /opt/csw/share/doc/[softwarename],
>> since some packages, for valid reasons, keep their docs under
>> /opt/csw/share/doc/[somethingelse]
>> It makes the most sense to me, to keep the copyright notice in the
>> same place as (the rest of the docs for the package)
>
> Does every package contain the actual copyright file, or can one
> package reference a license file contained in another package?

IMHO there is exactly one reason why a package does not contain the  
license at
   /opt/csw/share/doc/<catalogname>/license
and that is because the license is unknown. In all other cases I would  
consider
it an error.


Best regards

   -- Dago