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suspicious-source

SUSPICIOUS-SOURCE(1)					      General Commands Manual					      SUSPICIOUS-SOURCE(1)

NAME

       suspicious-source - search for files that are not the GPL's "preferred form of modification"

SYNOPSIS

       suspicious-source [options]

DESCRIPTION

       suspicious-source  is  a script that outputs a list of files which are not common source files.	This should be run in the root of a source
       tree to find files which might not be the "preferred form of modification" that the GPL and other licenses require.

       The files inside version control system directories (like .bzr/ or CVS/) are not considered.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	      Show this help message and exit.

       -v, --verbose
	      Print more information.

       -d directory, --directory=directory
	      Check the files in the specified directory instead of the current directory.

       -m mimetype, --mimetype=mimetype
	      Add mimetype to list of white-listed MIME types.

       -e extension, --extension=extension
	      Add extension to list of white-listed extensions.

AUTHORS

       suspicious-source and this manpage have been written by Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>.

       Both are released under the ISC license.

DEBIAN
								 Debian Utilities					      SUSPICIOUS-SOURCE(1)

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