Re: Unused libraries copyrigths

["Miriam Ruiz" <little.miry@gmail.com>]

2008/1/21, Al Nikolov <al@iac.spb.ru>:
> Hello, mentors!
>
> In a case when upstream tarball contains some third party libraries which
> are not used in favor to theirs packaged versions, what should be done?
>
> 1. Third party code should be stripped off from orig.tar in source package.
>
> or
>
> 2a. It still there, but nothing about it's copyright should be declared in
> the copyright file.
>
> or
>
> 2b. All copyrights should be declared though the third party code is not
> used in binary package (just because it is distributed in source package).

1 or 2b (never 2a), depending on the maintainer's choice. If you
already have to repackage the source, or if it's too big, or you feel
that for some reason it's the best option, go for 1 and get rid of
that unused code. If you don't want to repackage it, or you prefer not
to delete it, it must be declared in debian/copyright always, whether
or not it is actually used in the binary packages. debian/copyright
must contain the copyright statements for all the contents of the
source package.

Greetings,
Miry