Do not require initial Debian maintainers be listed in copyright

[debian/debian-policy.git] / policy.sgml

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 16ffc0f98a2e9e20dd86ea6b6e0d89bc2c650fc3..854fde66d2e4e1d29bddb7f9dbb2201988ccdcc6 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -9757,9 +9757,8 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
 
        <p>
          In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream
-         sources (if any) were obtained.  It should name the original
-         authors of the package and the Debian maintainer(s) who were
-         involved with its creation.
+         sources (if any) were obtained, and should name the original
+         authors.
        </p>
 
        <p>