ignoring autotool in debian/copyright?

[Felipe Sateler]

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 15:25, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
>> > I sure prefer if you are not lazy but instead respectful to those
>> > developers that put effort into inventing and maintaining a tool
>> > that is clearly good enough that you use it.
>>
>> hmm, i don't think this is about not respecting the developers of
>> those great tools. even if i was "lazy and [...] treat it all as [...]
>> GPL-2+" there would be a copyright clause that acknowledges the work.
>
> Respecting copyright is one thing. Respecting licensing is another.

Why do you suggest that respecting licensing involves putting stuff
into the copyright file? There are a few licenses that require
that[1], but those involve only stuff that gets shipped in binary
packages (because the source is already documented by itself.
Otherwise, it would be undistributable).

[1] More correctly, debian's approach to complying is putting the
stuff in the copyright file.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler