Re: What are the benefits of a machine-parseable ‘debian/copyright’ file?

2009-03-23 Thread Neil Williams
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:59:29 +1100 Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au wrote: Are you saying that you don't want any BSD packages or that you're trying to make Debian out of only packages using GNU licences? I would find it useful, for example, to more easily determine which works, or

Re: What are the benefits of a machine-parseable ‘debian/copyright’ file?

2009-03-23 Thread Ben Finney
Neil Williams codeh...@debian.org writes: On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:59:29 +1100 Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au wrote: Are you saying that you don't want any BSD packages or that you're trying to make Debian out of only packages using GNU licences? I would find it useful, for

Re: What are the benefits of a machine-parseable ‘debian/copyright’ file? (was: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files)

2009-03-23 Thread Arthur de Jong
On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 10:03 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: Anyway, thanks for the work on the format. To me it seems to probably be a good thing. I hope this mail wasn't too negative. I find this a little confusing, since you spent most of your message saying how you *don't* think it's a good

Re: What are the benefits of a machine-parseable ‘ debian/copyright’ file?

2009-03-22 Thread Neil Williams
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:03:10 +1100 Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au wrote: * Display of the copyright notices, license grant and terms (in e.g. ‘aptitude’) when deciding whether or not to install a package. I don't see how that is a real gain, except for packages in non-free. Are we

Re: What are the benefits of a machine-parseable ‘debian/copyright’ file?

2009-03-22 Thread Ben Finney
Neil Williams codeh...@debian.org writes: On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:03:10 +1100 Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au wrote: * Display of the copyright notices, license grant and terms (in e.g. ‘aptitude’) when deciding whether or not to install a package. I don't see how that is a real