Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> writes:

> In the end, I think a packager is expected to be operating in good
> faith, in accordance with the FSDG.  This means that packagers look for
> freedom issues and address them when found.  It does not mean that
> packagers are expected to provide a detailed "bill of materials" for
> every single package, although that is certainly something that some
> people think is important (and some people don't).

Another way of saying this is that, in my understanding, the license
field is "just a hint".  It should be a useful hint, of course, but it
is still just a hint, rather than an exhaustive or authoritative
description of all licensing implications for all use cases.

-- 
Chris