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Re: non-free/contrib package maintainers



> I afraid they won't contain _original_ license file.
> That's why I asked - to avoid unpacking each _source_ archive and looking
> for license mannualy. 

Unfortunately, in quite a few cases - the _original_ license file
doesn't exist.  Quite often, the license is external from the distributed
package.  Sometimes, the copyright is located in the source code
itself.  Sometimes it's in multiple places.  If the package maintainer
has done the job properly - then /usr/doc/<package-name>/copyright should
contain the "researched" copyright notice.

Asking each maintainer to unpack the source archives and send in the
copyrights is basically just a duplication of effort with what they've
already done with the /usr/doc/.../copyright file.  Your best bet
for whatever you're trying to do then is to unpack the files yourself.

Lots of work.  :-)

Cheers,

 - Jim

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