[maemo-developers] docs and optification

[From: Attila Csipa]

On Sunday 13 December 2009 15:13:54 Mustali Dalal wrote:
> Purging copyright files does not seem right; they are tiny and have legal
> bearing.
>
> Since a lot, if not all, apps currently in testing use GPL or other FOSS
> license, I would guess there be good reasons to keep the copyright file
> installed with the package. Would there be license violation if a copyright
> file is not installed with the package?
>
> or is this a non-issue for developers?

I'm wondering maybe we could have a license package we could depend on and 
then just use a softlink or something similar ? A Depends: license-gpl (>=3.0) 
sounds simple enough to me and then the license is crystal clear and we don't 
have to duplicate the license for each package and the license package can 
provide all the legalese. It would also simplify checking/verifying proper 
licensing in the autobuilder. Just a thought.

Regards,
Attila