On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 09:10:07PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: > Richard W.M. Jones wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 11:57:40AM -0500, Tom spot Callaway wrote: >>> On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 16:53 +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: >>> >>>> - Clarify where documentation should go. Currently my practice has >>>> been to put just the license file (if any) in the main package's %doc, >>>> and the license file plus all other documentation & examples in >>>> the devel subpackage. This duplicates (only) the license file, but >>>> that seems acceptable since we shouldn't distribute software without >>>> its license. >>> -devel packages should Require the main package, thus, there really >>> isn't any need for the duplicate license copy. >> >> But you could still just install the main package and not devel, and >> then you are in the situation where Fedora has distributed a binary >> and basically removed the licensing information. It doesn't feel like >> the right thing to do to me (but IANAL). >> > > No Spot means it the other way around, keep the license in the main package > and drop it from the -devel one as that requires the main package anyways. Right, got it now. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Emerging Technologies, Red Hat http://et.redhat.com/~rjones virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into Xen guests. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-p2v -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
