The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit e338f2c57e250cc54306af26e9e7577a5ce51ffc
Author: Jari Aalto <[email protected]>
Date: Sat May 8 15:25:19 2010 +0300
Add examples for copyright-without-copyright-notice
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <[email protected]>
diff --git a/checks/copyright-file.desc b/checks/copyright-file.desc
index 5e31ce4..f1aa88d 100644
--- a/checks/copyright-file.desc
+++ b/checks/copyright-file.desc
@@ -293,7 +293,12 @@ Info: The copyright file for this package does not appear
to contain a
followed by the years and the copyright holder. A copyright notice is
not required for a work to be copyrighted, but Debian requires the
copyright file include the authors and years of copyright, and including
- a valid copyright notice is the best way to do that.
+ a valid copyright notice is the best way to do that. Exmaples:
+ .
+ Copyright (C) YYYY Firstname Lastname <[email protected]>
+ Copyright (C) YYYY-YYYY Firstname Lastname <[email protected]>
+ Copyright © YYYY,YYYY Firstname Lastname <[email protected]>
+ .
.
If the package is in the public domain rather than copyrighted, be sure
to mention "public domain" in the copyright file. Please be aware that
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