[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted

[Ian Turner]

On 8/28/21 7:41 AM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> I updated the patch in Git[1] but did not yet activate it yet.  I'm fine
> with uploading parallel with the patch activated if you really think we
> should disrespect the wish of the author and insist on plain GPL text.

My reading of bug 905674 is that the citation notice has been previously 
judged to be incompatible with the DFSG and that's why it was removed.

Also ultimately Debian developers will have to make their own decision, 
though if you are asking my personal opinion, I think it would be best 
to remove it. I am among those not persuaded by Ole's arguments to the 
contrary, in the specific context of the Debian project.

One other thing — I note that the fix to 905674 did not remove these 
command line parameters from the manpage, so if you do decide to remove 
the citation notice, I would suggest removing it there as well. I am 
happy to submit a patch if that would be helpful.

Regards,

Ian Turner