user [email protected] retitle 694883 copyright-format: please clarify the recommended form for public domain files usertag 694883 normative issue thanks
Le Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 07:33:57PM +0100, Francesco Poli (wintermute) a écrit : > > I understand that saying: > > Files: [specification of which files...] > Copyright: none > License: public-domain > [explanation of why the files are in the public domain...] > > would be a good way to document that the files under consideration > are not subject to copyright. > > Could this be recommended more explicitly in a future update of > the machine-readable debian/copyright file format specification? Thanks Francesco. As discussed on debian-legal, let's review this when the specification needs to be updated. For the moment, the most likely issue in line to trigger the update would be to incorporate the Files-Excluded field proposed by Andreas Tille, if it gains support, broader use and consensus. Cheers, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
