Licence problems

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* G. Milde <g.milde at web.de> [2006-04-03 08:51]:

> Are you sure, that the copyright file of the package needs to mention every
> single file of the project? This would be a huge redundancy for all packages
> of heterogeneous stuff. What does e.g. emacs-goodis do?

If the majority of the files share the same licensing terms, then one
need only to mention this common licensing once and then each one of the
exceptions.

Here is an example of a package with a complex copyright file:

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/o/octplot/octplot_0.3.5-2/octplot.copyright
 
-- 
Rafael