XPost: linux.debian.policy   
   From: holger@layer-acht.org   
      
   On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 08:26:08PM +0100, Bastian Germann wrote:   
   > From 5be219aae8b8352ec42e89a9ec71bbe853a33f34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001   
   > From: Bastian Germann    
   > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:22:54 +0100   
   > Subject: [PATCH] Disallow referencing /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD   
   >    
   > All references in the archive's copyright files were removed.   
   >    
   > Closes: #1120935   
   > ---   
   >  debian/changelog   | 1 +   
   >  policy/ch-docs.rst | 5 ++---   
   >  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)   
   >    
   > diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog   
   > index 945b77b..2407c9c 100644   
   > --- a/debian/changelog   
   > +++ b/debian/changelog   
   > @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ debian-policy (4.7.3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium   
   >    * Avoid a double negative when describing the restriction on network   
   >      access during the build.  Thanks to Niels Thyker and Bill Allombert   
   >      for suggested wording.  (Closes: #1092762)   
   > +  * Disallow referencing /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD.  (Closes: #1120935)   
   >     
   >   -- Russ Allbery   Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:03:39 -0800   
   >     
   > diff --git a/policy/ch-docs.rst b/policy/ch-docs.rst   
   > index 6167342..815a941 100644   
   > --- a/policy/ch-docs.rst   
   > +++ b/policy/ch-docs.rst   
   > @@ -378,12 +378,11 @@ please see :ref:`s-dpkgchangelog`.   
   >     ``/usr/share/common-licenses/GFDL-1.3``,   
   >     ``/usr/share/common-licenses/MPL-1.1``, and   
   >     ``/usr/share/common-licenses/MPL-2.0`` respectively. The University   
   > -   of California BSD license is also included in base-files as   
   > +   of California BSD license used to be included in base-files as   
   >     ``/usr/share/common-licenses/BSD``, but given the brevity of this   
   >     license, its specificity to code whose copyright is held by the   
   >     Regents of the University of California, and the frequency of minor   
   > -   wording changes, its text should be included in the copyright file   
   > -   rather than referencing this file.   
   > +   wording changes, its text has included in the copyright file.   
   >     
   >  .. [#]   
   >     Rationale: People should not have to look in places for upstream   
      
   thanks, seconded.   
      
      
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   	Holger   
      
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